From: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
To: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>,
Junjie Cao <junjie.cao@intel.com>,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fbdev: bitblit: bound-check glyph index in bit_cursor()
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 22:19:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260807221956.4e9dde5c@fangorn> (raw)
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 18c4ef4e765a
("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: 18c4ef4e765a ("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>
---
drivers/video/fbdev/core/bitblit.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bitblit.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bitblit.c
index 65681dcc5930..39f44258d793 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bitblit.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bitblit.c
@@ -273,9 +273,14 @@ static void bit_cursor(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, bool enable,
if (!vc->vc_font.data)
return;
- c = scr_readw((u16 *) vc->vc_pos);
+ c = scr_readw((u16 *) vc->vc_pos);
attribute = get_attribute(info, c);
- src = vc->vc_font.data + ((c & charmask) * (w * vc->vc_font.height));
+ c &= charmask;
+
+ /* Clamp to font size, same as bit_putcs_aligned() */
+ if (c >= vc->vc_font.charcount)
+ c = 0;
+ src = vc->vc_font.data + (c * (w * vc->vc_font.height));
if (par->cursor_state.image.data != (const char *)src ||
par->cursor_reset) {
--
2.55.0
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