CVE-2026-80578

fbdev: core: Fix pointer desynchronization in fb_io_read()

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: August 26, 2026 at 02:37 PM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 08:18 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: core: Fix pointer desynchronization in fb_io_read() In fb_io_read(), if copy_to_user() performs a partial copy (e.g., due to a faulty user buffer), the loop adjusts the chunk size 'c' and updates the remaining 'count'. However, the hardware 'src' pointer has already been eagerly advanced by the original chunk size. If the loop is allowed to continue, the read will resume from an incorrect, over-advanced offset. Since the remaining 'count' was only decremented by the successful bytes, this desynchronization causes the next iterations to execute more hardware reads than originally bounded, eventually leading to out-of-bounds I/O reads. Fix this by breaking out of the loop immediately upon a partial copy_to_user(). A partial copy indicates a faulty user buffer, making subsequent read attempts futile. Breaking out ensures we return the number of successfully read bytes without risking out-of-bounds hardware accesses in subsequent mismatched iterations.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.56121cd9ef911432b14c2a17aefaf8cd2f3cfcdff
Vendor states this is fixed in 42a6d8126c194133eafab2b0fd5c8668ebfcba5b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 42bc07b4e5a3c8a02a433388f562a8f46d093e11 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7110b7b794a2aac2c5cf8eb06ebf2af724c74d50 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7ff87a01ae3a8cd0208f7499386998223a8b5dba (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 81cc73be40c6f028f1ee3f438ace46afe666dbae (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.105 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.46 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.153 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

7.3HIGHLinux
Vector?

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