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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: fbcon: release buffer when fbcon_do_set_font() failed syzbot is reporting memory leak at fbcon_do_set_font() [1], for commit a5a923038d70 ("fbdev: fbcon: Properly revert changes when vc_resize() failed") missed that the buffer might be newly allocated by fbcon_set_font().

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-09-17 | Published 2025-09-18 | Updated 2025-09-18 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

ebd6f886aa2447fcfcdce5450c9e1028e1d681bb (git) before 88ec6d11052da527eb9268831e7a9bc5bbad02f6
affected

a5a923038d70d2d4a86cb4e3f32625a5ee6e7e24 (git) before 06926607b9fddf7ce8017493899ce6eb7e79a123
affected

a5a923038d70d2d4a86cb4e3f32625a5ee6e7e24 (git) before a609bfc1e644a8467cb31945ed1488374ebdc013
affected

a5a923038d70d2d4a86cb4e3f32625a5ee6e7e24 (git) before 3c3bfb8586f848317ceba5d777e11204ba3e5758
affected

f08ccb792d3eaf1dc62d8cbf6a30d6522329f660 (git)
affected

Default status
affected

6.0
affected

Any version before 6.0
unaffected

5.15.86 (semver)
unaffected

6.0.16 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.2 (semver)
unaffected

6.2 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/88ec6d11052da527eb9268831e7a9bc5bbad02f6

git.kernel.org/...c/06926607b9fddf7ce8017493899ce6eb7e79a123

git.kernel.org/...c/a609bfc1e644a8467cb31945ed1488374ebdc013

git.kernel.org/...c/3c3bfb8586f848317ceba5d777e11204ba3e5758

cve.org (CVE-2022-50404)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2022-50404)

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