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