linux/drivers/video
Rik van Riel e033cbf397 fbdev: bitblit: bound-check glyph index in bit_cursor()
bit_cursor() fetches the glyph under the cursor with

	c = scr_readw(vc_pos);
	src = vc_font.data + ((c & charmask) * w * height);

where charmask is 0x1ff when vc_hi_font_mask is set. The screen buffer
value comes directly from scr_readw() and may be larger than the current
font's glyph count.

Syzkaller triggers this via vcs_write(). The Call Trace shows
vcs_write() in vc_screen.c writing an arbitrary 16-bit value with
writev() to /dev/vcsa, which vcs_write_buf() in vc_screen.c stores via
vcs_scr_writew() without checking charcount. The stored value is later
read in bit_cursor() in bitblit.c.

When the font is changed from a font with 512 glyphs to a font with
256 glyphs, the screen buffer can retain characters with the high
bit set from the previous mode, which could also produce the same
out-of-bounds access.

  BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in soft_cursor+0x378/0x6bc drivers/video/fbdev/core/softcursor.c:70
  Read of size 16 at addr ffff800086c57970

  Call Trace:
   soft_cursor+0x378/0x6bc drivers/video/fbdev/core/softcursor.c:70
   bit_cursor+0xa90/0x1108 drivers/video/fbdev/core/bitblit.c:365
   fbcon_cursor+0x344/0x498 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:1427
   hide_cursor+0xdc/0x2d0 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:883
   update_region+0x100/0x18c drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:669
   vcs_write+0x8ec/0xaf0 drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c:685

bit_putcs_aligned() and bit_putcs_unaligned() already clamp the glyph
index to vc_font.charcount. Apply the same clamp in bit_cursor() after
extracting the attribute and masking, before indexing fontdata.

The fix completes the bounds checking started in commit 18c4ef4e76
("fbdev: bitblit: bound-check glyph index in bit_putcs*"), which missed
the cursor path.

This change should be safe because the clamp reuses the existing
contract from fbcon: charcount is maintained under console_lock in
con_font_set() and fbcon_font_set(), and hi_font_mask is cleared when
switching from 512 to 256 glyphs. When stale screen data with high bits
remains after a font switch, or when vcs_write() stores an arbitrary
value, clamping the index to 0 prevents the out-of-bounds read without
changing cursor semantics — the same fallback bit_putcs uses.

Reported-by: syzbot+61b1db46218109869c14@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=61b1db46218109869c14
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/6a75205c.01d0871a.3a0d52.0032.GAE@google.com/
Fixes: 18c4ef4e76 ("fbdev: bitblit: bound-check glyph index in bit_putcs*")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: Hermes:muse-spark-1.2 syzkaller
Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
2026-08-08 08:08:58 +02:00
..
backlight Replace <linux/mod_devicetable.h> by more specific <linux/device-id/*.h> (c files) 2026-07-03 07:38:17 +02:00
console console: mdacon: remove this obsolete driver 2026-05-20 20:23:32 +02:00
fbdev fbdev: bitblit: bound-check glyph index in bit_cursor() 2026-08-08 08:08:58 +02:00
logo video/logo: don't select LOGO_LINUX_MONO and LOGO_LINUX_VGA16 by default 2026-02-14 11:09:46 +01:00
aperture.c video/aperture: optionally match the device in sysfb_disable() 2024-08-26 19:14:48 -04:00
cmdline.c video/cmdline: Hide __video_get_options() behind CONFIG_FB_CORE 2024-01-23 10:11:34 +01:00
display_timing.c
hdmi.c video: hdmi: Remove unused hdmi_infoframe_check 2024-12-22 07:03:42 +01:00
Kconfig Merge drm/drm-next into drm-misc-next 2026-02-23 11:48:20 +01:00
Makefile video: Provide screen_info_get_pci_dev() to find screen_info's PCI device 2024-02-14 10:09:16 +01:00
nomodeset.c
of_display_timing.c Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
of_videomode.c
screen_info_generic.c video: screen_info: Add pixel-format helper for linear framebuffers 2025-08-26 09:54:16 +02:00
screen_info_pci.c sysfb: Replace screen_info with sysfb_primary_display 2025-12-16 14:12:44 +01:00
sticore.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
vgastate.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
videomode.c