CVE-2026-43123

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
06/05/2026
Last modified:
06/05/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> fbcon: check return value of con2fb_acquire_newinfo()<br /> <br /> If fbcon_open() fails when called from con2fb_acquire_newinfo() then<br /> info-&gt;fbcon_par pointer remains NULL which is later dereferenced.<br /> <br /> Add check for return value of the function con2fb_acquire_newinfo() to<br /> avoid it.<br /> <br /> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

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