High severity · published Jul 4, 2025
CVE-2025-38198
fbcon: Make sure modelist not set on unregistered console
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbcon: Make sure modelist not set on unregistered console
It looks like attempting to write to the "store_modes" sysfs node will
run afoul of unregistered consoles:
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:122:28
index -1 is out of range for type 'fb_info *[32]'
...
fbcon_info_from_console+0x192/0x1a0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:122
fbcon_new_modelist+0xbf/0x2d0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:3048
fb_new_modelist+0x328/0x440 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:673
store_modes+0x1c9/0x3e0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c:113
dev_attr_store+0x55/0x80 drivers/base/core.c:2439
static struct fb_info *fbcon_registered_fb[FB_MAX];
...
static signed char con2fb_map[MAX_NR_CONSOLES];
...
static struct fb_info *fbcon_info_from_console(int console)
...
return fbcon_registered_fb[con2fb_map[console]];
If con2fb_map contains a -1 things go wrong here. Instead, return NULL,
as callers of fbcon_info_from_console() are trying to compare against
existing "info" pointers, so error handling should kick in correctly.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 6.1.142; 6.2 before 6.6.95; 6.7 before 6.12.35; 6.13 before 6.15.4 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
409d6c95f9c68bb7046410a3502e26e454a1e636 before b3237d451bf3a4490cb1a76f3b7c91d9888f1c4b; 409d6c95f9c68bb7046410a3502e26e454a1e636 before 519ba75728ee8cd561dce25fc52a2ec5c47171dc; 409d6c95f9c68bb7046410a3502e26e454a1e636 before f28f1f578cd810779d01999c60618cda14c281dd; 409d6c95f9c68bb7046410a3502e26e454a1e636 before 54b28f7c567dd659e5f9562f518e4d7f3f6a367b; 409d6c95f9c68bb7046410a3502e26e454a1e636 before cedc1b63394a866bf8663a3e40f4546f1d28c8d8; 5.19 · source: vendor
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0 · source: NVD
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.5; V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.5; V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.5 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38198
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38198
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/519ba75728ee8cd561dce25fc52a2ec5c47171dc
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54b28f7c567dd659e5f9562f518e4d7f3f6a367b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3237d451bf3a4490cb1a76f3b7c91d9888f1c4b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cedc1b63394a866bf8663a3e40f4546f1d28c8d8
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f28f1f578cd810779d01999c60618cda14c281dd
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
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