CVE-2023-38409

medium

Description

An issue was discovered in set_con2fb_map in drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.12. Because an assignment occurs only for the first vc, the fbcon_registered_fb and fbcon_display arrays can be desynchronized in fbcon_mode_deleted (the con2fb_map points at the old fb_info).

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=fffb0b52d5258554c645c966c6cbef7de50b851d

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.12

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-07-17

Updated: 2023-07-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium