# CVE-2026-80579: fbdev: clear fb\_info-\>mode before deleting a videomode

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.1.10
- Published: 2026-08-26 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- Linux: from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in ce7fef961c63229b22dec415fb988899f479d61f; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in 95e647d2a5304a8fd11f1ba3c8502de700650131
- Linux: 2.6.12
- Kernel (Linux): from 2.6.12, fixed in 7.1.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: clear fb_info->mode before deleting a videomode fb_set_var() can delete a mode from info->modelist when userspace passes FB_ACTIVATE_INV_MODE through FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO. The code checks that the mode being deleted is not the current info->var and that fbcon is not using it, but it does not check fb_info->mode. fb_info->mode may still point into the modelist entry being deleted. If the entry is freed, later mode sysfs reads through show_mode() can dereference a stale pointer. Clear fb_info->mode before calling fb_delete_videomode() when it matches the mode being removed.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce7fef961c63229b22dec415fb988899f479d61f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95e647d2a5304a8fd11f1ba3c8502de700650131

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