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Murad Masimov 05f6e18387 fbdev: Fix fb_set_var to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var
If fb_add_videomode() in fb_set_var() fails to allocate memory for
fb_videomode, later it may lead to a null-ptr dereference in
fb_videomode_to_var(), as the fb_info is registered while not having the
mode in modelist that is expected to be there, i.e. the one that is
described in fb_info->var.

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general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000001: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f]
CPU: 1 PID: 30371 Comm: syz-executor.1 Not tainted 5.10.226-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.12.0-1 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:fb_videomode_to_var+0x24/0x610 drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c:901
Call Trace:
 display_to_var+0x3a/0x7c0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:929
 fbcon_resize+0x3e2/0x8f0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:2071
 resize_screen drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:1176 [inline]
 vc_do_resize+0x53a/0x1170 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:1263
 fbcon_modechanged+0x3ac/0x6e0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:2720
 fbcon_update_vcs+0x43/0x60 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:2776
 do_fb_ioctl+0x6d2/0x740 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1128
 fb_ioctl+0xe7/0x150 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1203
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:48 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:753 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:739 [inline]
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x19a/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:739
 do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0xd1
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The reason is that fb_info->var is being modified in fb_set_var(), and
then fb_videomode_to_var() is called. If it fails to add the mode to
fb_info->modelist, fb_set_var() returns error, but does not restore the
old value of fb_info->var. Restore fb_info->var on failure the same way
it is done earlier in the function.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Murad Masimov <m.masimov@mt-integration.ru>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
2025-05-31 10:24:02 +02:00
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Linux kernel
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the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.