CVE-2026-80580 (GCVE-0-2026-80580)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-26 14:37 – Updated: 2026-08-27 05:02
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Title
fbdev: bound mode sysfs output to the sysfs buffer
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: bound mode sysfs output to the sysfs buffer mode_string() uses snprintf() which can return a value larger than the remaining buffer space. show_modes() accumulates the return value into i without checking whether i has reached PAGE_SIZE, causing the offset to advance past the sysfs buffer if the modelist is long enough. Add a size parameter to mode_string() and use scnprintf() to return only the bytes actually written. Add an early return when offset already exceeds the buffer. In show_modes(), stop accumulating once the buffer is full.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 873a1aa15c313263f2e18b38cf525623cc4fabf6 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < d15d51fb26e830af58f3f21964f1c09c239077ea (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.12
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.12 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.10 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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