Vulnerability details

CVE-2025-40304

Linux Linux

fbdev: Add bounds checking in bit_putcs to fix vmalloc-out-of-bounds

CVSS 3.1
7.8High

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Add bounds checking in bit_putcs to fix vmalloc-out-of-bounds Add bounds checking to prevent writes past framebuffer boundaries when rendering text near screen edges. Return early if the Y position is off-screen and clip image height to screen boundary. Break from the rendering loop if the X position is off-screen. When clipping image width to fit the screen, update the character count to match the clipped width to prevent buffer size mismatches. Without the character count update, bit_putcs_aligned and bit_putcs_unaligned receive mismatched parameters where the buffer is allocated for the clipped width but cnt reflects the original larger count, causing out-of-bounds writes.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.8High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Linux Linux 2.6.12 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < f0982400648a3e00580253e0c48e991f34d2684c CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 1943b69e87b0ab35032d47de0a7fca9a3d1d6fc1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < ebc0730b490c7f27340b1222e01dd106e820320d CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 996bfaa7372d6718b6d860bdf78f6618e850c702 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 15ba9acafb0517f8359ca30002c189a68ddbb939 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 2d1359e11674ed4274934eac8a71877ae5ae7bbb CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 3637d34b35b287ab830e66048841ace404382b67 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 86df8ade88d290725554cefd03101ecd0fbd3752 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2025-12-08
Last updated
2026-08-05
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.15%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
4.6%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

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