High severity · published May 27, 2026
CVE-2026-46065
fbdev: defio: Disconnect deferred I/O from the lifetime of struct fb_info
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbdev: defio: Disconnect deferred I/O from the lifetime of struct fb_info
Hold state of deferred I/O in struct fb_deferred_io_state. Allocate an
instance as part of initializing deferred I/O and remove it only after
the final mapping has been closed. If the fb_info and the contained
deferred I/O meanwhile goes away, clear struct fb_deferred_io_state.info
to invalidate the mapping. Any access will then result in a SIGBUS
signal.
Fixes a long-standing problem, where a device hot-unplug happens while
user space still has an active mapping of the graphics memory. The hot-
unplug frees the instance of struct fb_info. Accessing the memory will
operate on undefined state.
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)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.22 before 5.15.210; 5.16 before 6.1.176; 6.2 before 6.6.140; 6.7 before 6.12.88; 6.13 before 6.18.30; 6.19 before 7.0.4 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
60b59beafba875aef6d378078bce0baf2287ae14 before 4aab89603b637a2e441b38808c4f6fe7d1184df6; 60b59beafba875aef6d378078bce0baf2287ae14 before 4fda0d6b45faad44926dd3e4f55f118d899b2e27; 60b59beafba875aef6d378078bce0baf2287ae14 before 2a40f8bc9bb713329f1c35ffc199ee961a7135b0; 60b59beafba875aef6d378078bce0baf2287ae14 before 2b53d3a52e8e5403a4f4fb57ac6cad3fd2cb1066; 60b59beafba875aef6d378078bce0baf2287ae14 before 25c2b77bc463f29ee71a54b883548baf9386a0db; 60b59beafba875aef6d378078bce0baf2287ae14 before a0aafb421dd15e935d81543152617f2742cefa70; +2 more · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46065
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46065
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25c2b77bc463f29ee71a54b883548baf9386a0db
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a40f8bc9bb713329f1c35ffc199ee961a7135b0
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b53d3a52e8e5403a4f4fb57ac6cad3fd2cb1066
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aab89603b637a2e441b38808c4f6fe7d1184df6
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fda0d6b45faad44926dd3e4f55f118d899b2e27
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ded47ad003f09a94b6a710b5c47f4aa5ceb7429
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