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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2024-50048"
idYear: 2024
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2024-10-21T19:39:45.146Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-11T20:44:29.360Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:20.494Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-50048"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-50048.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50048"
title: "fbcon: Fix a NULL pointer dereference issue in fbcon_putcs"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfbcon: Fix a NULL pointer dereference issue in fbcon_putcs\n\nsyzbot has found a NULL pointer dereference bug in fbcon.\nHere is the simplified C reproducer:\n\nstruct param {\n\tuint8_t type;\n\tstruct tiocl_selection ts;\n};\n\nint main()\n{\n\tstruct fb_con2fbmap con2fb;\n\tstruct param param;\n\n\tint fd = open(\"/dev/fb1\", 0, 0);\n\n\tcon2fb.console = 0x19;\n\tcon2fb.framebuffer = 0;\n\tioctl(fd, FBIOPUT_CON2FBMAP, &con2fb);\n\n\tparam.type = 2;\n\tparam.ts.xs = 0; param.ts.ys = 0;\n\tparam.ts.xe = 0; param.ts.ye = 0;\n\tparam.ts.sel_mode = 0;\n\n\tint fd1 = open(\"/dev/tty1\", O_RDWR, 0);\n\tioctl(fd1, TIOCLINUX, &param);\n\n\tcon2fb.console = 1;\n\tcon2fb.framebuffer = 0;\n\tioctl(fd, FBIOPUT_CON2FBMAP, &con2fb);\n\n\treturn 0;\n}\n\nAfter calling ioctl(fd1, TIOCLINUX, &param), the subsequent ioctl(fd, FBIOPUT_CON2FBMAP, &con2fb)\ncauses the kernel to follow a different execution path:\n\n set_con2fb_map\n  -\u003e con2fb_init_display\n   -\u003e fbcon_set_disp\n    -\u003e redraw_screen\n     -\u003e hide_cursor\n      -\u003e clear_selection\n       -\u003e highlight\n        -\u003e invert_screen\n         -\u003e do_update_region\n          -\u003e fbcon_putcs\n           -\u003e ops-\u003eputcs\n\nSince ops-\u003eputcs is a NULL pointer, this leads to a kernel panic.\nTo prevent this, we need to call set_blitting_type() within set_con2fb_map()\nto properly initialize ops-\u003eputcs."
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