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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-53403" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-07-19T12:02:02.382Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-17T04:50:56.753Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:20.586Z" 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-2026-53403" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53403.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53403" title: "fbdev: Fix fb_new_modelist to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfbdev: Fix fb_new_modelist to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var\n\ninfo-\u003evar, a framebuffer's current mode, is expected to have a matching\nentry in info-\u003emodelist. var_to_display() relies on this and treats a\nfailed fb_match_mode() as \"This should not happen\". fb_set_var() keeps it\ntrue by adding the mode to the list on every change, and\ndo_register_framebuffer() does the same at registration.\n\nstore_modes() replaces the modelist from userspace. fb_new_modelist()\nvalidates the new modes but does not check that info-\u003evar still has a\nmatch. It relies on fbcon_new_modelist() to re-point consoles, but that\nonly handles consoles mapped to the framebuffer. With fbcon unbound there\nare none, so info-\u003evar is left describing a mode that is no longer in the\nlist.\n\nA later console takeover runs var_to_display(), where fb_match_mode()\nreturns NULL and leaves fb_display[i].mode NULL. fbcon_switch() passes it\nto display_to_var(), and fb_videomode_to_var() dereferences the NULL mode.\n\nKeep the current mode in the list in fb_new_modelist(), the same way\nfb_set_var() does." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1458a4d804550b7101e8bb02c1cb941088e4c0c7"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8707f02ac9f5f632039b60df2c9f3dc914709f72"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0d8c7f21ad8529d5c181e61f86be35b887ae2e4d"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7640b4f68acb54c2c4f6b4a8aee0e9849dacd929"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4f1a7fe8ba845cb7d39580755f78c3b7b9a0b61e"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"eea16b6f805c0b1fb2f72f0f771088ea45356956"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"88913059c77e171f44ba829282d42dde0d458811"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7f08fc10fa3d3366dc3af723970bd03d7d6d10e3"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.12"},{"version":"5.10.260","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.211","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.177","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.144","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.95","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.38","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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