Re: [RFC PATCH] fbcon: Fix out-of-bounds memory in fbcon_putcs
From: Thomas Zimmermann
Date: Fri Feb 27 2026 - 11:00:17 EST
Hi,
thanks for the patch.
Am 27.02.26 um 15:43 schrieb Chen Jun:
When a font is set on an invisible console, the screen will not update.
However, the fontbuffer is not updated to match the new font dimensions.
I looked through vc_resize() but cannot quite find the logic that calls fbcon_rotate_font(). Can you please point to correct place?
Best regards
Thomas
This inconsistency leads to out-of-bounds memory access when writing to
the tty bound to fbcon, as demonstrated by the following KASAN report:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in fb_pad_aligned_buffer+0xdf/0x140
Read of size 1 at addr ffff8881195a2280 by task a.out/971
Call Trace:
<TASK>
fb_pad_aligned_buffer+0xdf/0x140
ud_putcs+0x88a/0xde0
fbcon_putcs+0x319/0x430
do_update_region+0x23c/0x3b0
do_con_write+0x225c/0x67f0
con_write+0xe/0x30
n_tty_write+0x4b5/0xff0
file_tty_write.isra.41+0x46c/0x880
vfs_write+0x868/0xd60
ksys_write+0xf2/0x1d0
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x570
Fix this by calling fbcon_rotate_font() if vc is invisible in
fbcon_do_set_font().
Signed-off-by: Chen Jun <chenjun102@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
index 666261ae59d8..d76100188bee 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -2444,6 +2444,11 @@ static int fbcon_do_set_font(struct vc_data *vc, int w, int h, int charcount,
rows = FBCON_SWAP(par->rotate, info->var.yres, info->var.xres);
cols /= w;
rows /= h;
+ if (!con_is_visible(vc)) {
+ ret = fbcon_rotate_font(info, vc);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_out;
+ }
ret = vc_resize(vc, cols, rows);
if (ret)
goto err_out;
--
--
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg, Germany, www.suse.com
GF: Jochen Jaser, Andrew McDonald, Werner Knoblich, (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)