Commit 7f08fc10fa3d for kernel
commit 7f08fc10fa3d3366dc3af723970bd03d7d6d10e3
Author: Ian Bridges <icb@fastmail.org>
Date: Wed Jun 24 23:13:12 2026 -0500
fbdev: Fix fb_new_modelist to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var
info->var, a framebuffer's current mode, is expected to have a matching
entry in info->modelist. var_to_display() relies on this and treats a
failed fb_match_mode() as "This should not happen". fb_set_var() keeps it
true by adding the mode to the list on every change, and
do_register_framebuffer() does the same at registration.
store_modes() replaces the modelist from userspace. fb_new_modelist()
validates the new modes but does not check that info->var still has a
match. It relies on fbcon_new_modelist() to re-point consoles, but that
only handles consoles mapped to the framebuffer. With fbcon unbound there
are none, so info->var is left describing a mode that is no longer in the
list.
A later console takeover runs var_to_display(), where fb_match_mode()
returns NULL and leaves fb_display[i].mode NULL. fbcon_switch() passes it
to display_to_var(), and fb_videomode_to_var() dereferences the NULL mode.
Keep the current mode in the list in fb_new_modelist(), the same way
fb_set_var() does.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Ian Bridges <icb@fastmail.org>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
index e5221653ec2b..2f1c56e5a7a2 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
@@ -767,6 +767,18 @@ int fb_new_modelist(struct fb_info *info)
if (list_empty(&info->modelist))
return 1;
+ /*
+ * The new modelist may not contain the current mode (info->var), and
+ * fbcon_new_modelist() below only re-points consoles mapped to this
+ * framebuffer. Add the current mode here so info->var keeps a match
+ * even when fbcon is unbound.
+ */
+ if (!fb_match_mode(&info->var, &info->modelist)) {
+ fb_var_to_videomode(&mode, &info->var);
+ if (fb_add_videomode(&mode, &info->modelist))
+ return 1;
+ }
+
fbcon_new_modelist(info);
return 0;