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Quanmin Yan 39c2c1a277 fbcon: Set fb_display[i]->mode to NULL when the mode is released
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Recently, we discovered the following issue through syzkaller:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in fb_mode_is_equal+0x285/0x2f0
Read of size 4 at addr ff11000001b3c69c by task syz.xxx
...
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xab/0xe0
 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x390
 print_report+0xb9/0x280
 kasan_report+0xb8/0xf0
 fb_mode_is_equal+0x285/0x2f0
 fbcon_mode_deleted+0x129/0x180
 fb_set_var+0xe7f/0x11d0
 do_fb_ioctl+0x6a0/0x750
 fb_ioctl+0xe0/0x140
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x210
 do_syscall_64+0x5f/0x9c0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

Based on experimentation and analysis, during framebuffer unregistration,
only the memory of fb_info->modelist is freed, without setting the
corresponding fb_display[i]->mode to NULL for the freed modes. This leads
to UAF issues during subsequent accesses. Here's an example of reproduction
steps:
1. With /dev/fb0 already registered in the system, load a kernel module
   to register a new device /dev/fb1;
2. Set fb1's mode to the global fb_display[] array (via FBIOPUT_CON2FBMAP);
3. Switch console from fb to VGA (to allow normal rmmod of the ko);
4. Unload the kernel module, at this point fb1's modelist is freed, leaving
   a wild pointer in fb_display[];
5. Trigger the bug via system calls through fb0 attempting to delete a mode
   from fb0.

Add a check in do_unregister_framebuffer(): if the mode to be freed exists
in fb_display[], set the corresponding mode pointer to NULL.

[ The context change is due to the commit 2c0c19b681
("fbdev: fbmem: Fix double free of 'fb_info->pixmap.addr'") in v5.16
which is irrelevant to the logic of this patch. ]

Signed-off-by: Quanmin Yan <yanquanmin1@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Johnny Hao <johnny_haocn@sina.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2026-04-18 10:33:35 +02:00
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