# CVE-2026-80785: fbdev: serialize mode sysfs access with lock\_fb\_info()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-04 · Updated: 2026-09-07

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: serialize mode sysfs access with lock_fb_info() show_mode(), show_modes(), and store_mode() access fb_info->modelist and fb_info->mode without holding lock_fb_info(). store_modes() takes lock_fb_info() while replacing the modelist and freeing the old one. A concurrent reader or writer can load a pointer to an old modelist entry before store_modes() frees it, then dereference freed memory or store a stale freed pointer in fb_info->mode. Take lock_fb_info() in show_mode(), show_modes(), and store_mode() to serialize with store_modes(). In show_mode(), copy the mode to the stack and format after dropping the lock. In store_mode(), split activate() into a _locked variant to avoid double-locking, and hold the locks for the modelist walk, mode conversion, activation, and fb_info->mode assignment together.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26135631ed8e487bc6aef70cc41934e258d09bbe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/061db6b7a910b8378f3b2df64f8c0a3ddc6e85f2

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