Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated May 12, 2026
CVE-2026-43123
CVE-2026-43123
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbcon: check return value of con2fb_acquire_newinfo()
If fbcon_open() fails when called from con2fb_acquire_newinfo() then info->fbcon_par pointer remains NULL which is later dereferenced.
Add check for return value of the function con2fb_acquire_newinfo() to avoid it.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
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References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/011a0502801c8536f64141a2b61362c14f456544nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b038c0be6827dd2dbb1ce4f8d92d97c80cbe9ccnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/11a93180a70bb3095a9bd80d113d9277e30d9959nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b5a754ec86bc6064af9aca76eb191c2405e6b0cnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a785c4e2a999c2d51dfcf40d317cfb30cc735d2cnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3e535533767c85788529e626478718b7e95a59fnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f57b61624c86ef8f87f6e6b7dd0755de03d90e89nvdPatch
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