[PATCH 6.19 808/844] fbcon: check return value of con2fb_acquire_newinfo()

From: Sasha Levin

Date: Sat Feb 28 2026 - 14:54:56 EST


From: Andrey Vatoropin <a.vatoropin@xxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 011a0502801c8536f64141a2b61362c14f456544 ]

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>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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 7be9e865325d9..a07737dcb45ad 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -1068,7 +1068,8 @@ static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *vc, bool init)
return;

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

/* If we are not the first console on this
fb, copy the font from that console */
--
2.51.0