High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published May 28, 2026· Updated Jun 11, 2026
CVE-2026-46191
CVE-2026-46191
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
Clear the font buffer if the reallocation during console rotation fails in fbcon_rotate_font(). The putcs implementations for the rotated buffer will return early in this case. See [1] for an example.
Currently, fbcon_rotate_font() keeps the old buffer, which is too small for the rotated font. Printing to the rotated console with a high-enough character code will overflow the font buffer.
v2: - fix typos in commit message
Affected products
4Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/594973a2e54924d8ba31c9faac669fc1ba6fcb80nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7105d9f1387d63b15c9a860674fc92c959181f2fnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab6c34b9829d5de03f1d08a47a2253729a6e7e27nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b44cc78ff46b96e72d333a3be6aaaa0a14797263nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4ef723d8975a2694cc90733a6b888a5e2841842nvdPatch
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