From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18.y 2/2] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 13:58:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260514175845.529279-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260514175845.529279-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
[ Upstream commit e4ef723d8975a2694cc90733a6b888a5e2841842 ]
Clear the font buffer if the reallocation during console rotation fails
in fbcon_rotate_font(). The putcs implementations for the rotated buffer
will return early in this case. See [1] for an example.
Currently, fbcon_rotate_font() keeps the old buffer, which is too small
for the rotated font. Printing to the rotated console with a high-enough
character code will overflow the font buffer.
v2:
- fix typos in commit message
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Fixes: 6cc50e1c5b57 ("[PATCH] fbcon: Console Rotation - Add support to rotate font bitmap")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v2.6.15+
Link: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19/source/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ccw.c#L144 # [1]
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.c
index 380b2746451a1..a3f507825eed8 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.c
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ static int fbcon_rotate_font(struct fb_info *info, struct vc_data *vc)
info->fbops->fb_sync(info);
if (par->fd_size < d_cellsize * len) {
+ kfree(par->fontbuffer);
+ par->fontbuffer = NULL;
+ par->fd_size = 0;
+
dst = kmalloc_array(len, d_cellsize, GFP_KERNEL);
if (dst == NULL) {
@@ -54,7 +58,6 @@ static int fbcon_rotate_font(struct fb_info *info, struct vc_data *vc)
}
par->fd_size = d_cellsize * len;
- kfree(par->fontbuffer);
par->fontbuffer = dst;
}
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-14 17:58 UTC|newest]
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2026-05-12 13:45 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree gregkh
2026-05-14 17:58 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 1/2] fbcon: Rename struct fbcon_ops to struct fbcon_par Sasha Levin
2026-05-14 17:58 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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