DocumentationOverview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbdev: sm501fb: Fix buffer errors in OF binding code
The code that gets the frame buffer mode from OF has ‘use after free’, ‘buffer overrun’ and memory leaks.
info->edid_data isn’t free if the probe functions fail or if pd->def_mode is set.
If both the CRT and PANEL are enabled info->edid_data is used after being freed and is freed twice.
The string returned by of_get_property(np, “mode”, &len) is just written over either the static “640x480-16@60” or the module parameter string without any regard for the length (which is most likely longer).
Use kstrump() for the OF mode and free everything before freeing ‘info.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , Amazon Linux 2 ELS , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , CloudLinux 7 ELS , Debian 10 ELS , Debian 11 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , RHEL 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , TuxCare 9.8 ESU , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- linux @ 4.19.0 (+17 more)
Fixes
KernelCare state
Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.
| Operating system | Status | Covered kernels |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 9 UEK 7 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 AWS | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 Azure | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 AWS | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 | Will Not Fix | — |