{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-80785","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-08-26T14:34:25.793Z","datePublished":"2026-09-04T15:12:57.076Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-07T14:21:08.600Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-09-07T14:21:08.600Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfbdev: serialize mode sysfs access with lock_fb_info()\n\nshow_mode(), show_modes(), and store_mode() access fb_info->modelist\nand fb_info->mode without holding lock_fb_info(). store_modes() takes\nlock_fb_info() while replacing the modelist and freeing the old one.\n\nA concurrent reader or writer can load a pointer to an old modelist\nentry before store_modes() frees it, then dereference freed memory or\nstore a stale freed pointer in fb_info->mode.\n\nTake lock_fb_info() in show_mode(), show_modes(), and store_mode() to\nserialize with store_modes(). In show_mode(), copy the mode to the\nstack and format after dropping the lock. In store_mode(), split\nactivate() into a _locked variant to avoid double-locking, and hold\nthe locks for the modelist walk, mode conversion, activation, and\nfb_info->mode assignment together."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c"],"versions":[{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"26135631ed8e487bc6aef70cc41934e258d09bbe","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"061db6b7a910b8378f3b2df64f8c0a3ddc6e85f2","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c"],"versions":[{"version":"2.6.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"2.6.12","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.11","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"7.1.11"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26135631ed8e487bc6aef70cc41934e258d09bbe"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/061db6b7a910b8378f3b2df64f8c0a3ddc6e85f2"}],"title":"fbdev: serialize mode sysfs access with lock_fb_info()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}