High severity · published May 28, 2026
CVE-2026-46191
fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
7.1
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails Clear the font buffer if the reallocation during console rotation fails in fbcon_rotate_font(). The putcs implementations for the rotated buffer will return early in this case. See [1] for an example. Currently, fbcon_rotate_font() keeps the old buffer, which is too small for the rotated font. Printing to the rotated console with a high-enough character code will overflow the font buffer. v2: - fix typos in commit message
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
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
2.6.15 before 6.6.140; 6.7 before 6.12.90; 6.13 before 6.18.32; 6.19 before 7.0.7 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
6cc50e1c5b57180fd37a31282000f43859b0fe73 before b51c343a81e6e806525a4435e22532c107dd7e9d; 6cc50e1c5b57180fd37a31282000f43859b0fe73 before 46cf3646dea54baeaa2eafe3fb1ba769947f31b0; 6cc50e1c5b57180fd37a31282000f43859b0fe73 before 524a6079395916fb3d790ef2bb46a1d2939b27dd; 6cc50e1c5b57180fd37a31282000f43859b0fe73 before 594973a2e54924d8ba31c9faac669fc1ba6fcb80; 6cc50e1c5b57180fd37a31282000f43859b0fe73 before ab6c34b9829d5de03f1d08a47a2253729a6e7e27; 6cc50e1c5b57180fd37a31282000f43859b0fe73 before 7105d9f1387d63b15c9a860674fc92c959181f2f; +3 more · source: vendor