[PATCH 5.10] fbcon: Add check for return value

From: Ваторопин Андрей

Date: Tue Dec 23 2025 - 01:31:53 EST


From: Andrey Vatoropin <a.vatoropin@xxxxxxx>

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.

Fixes: d1baa4ffa677 ("fbcon: set_con2fb_map fixes")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Andrey Vatoropin <a.vatoropin@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
index 3dd03e02bf97..d9b2b54f00db 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -1057,7 +1057,8 @@ static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *vc, int init)
return;

if (!info->fbcon_par)
- con2fb_acquire_newinfo(vc, info, vc->vc_num, -1);
+ if (con2fb_acquire_newinfo(vc, info, vc->vc_num, -1))
+ return;

/* If we are not the first console on this
fb, copy the font from that console */
--
2.43.0