CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-39967

7.8 HIGH Published 2025-10-15 Modified 2026-10-19 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2025-10-15
Last modified
2026-10-19
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-190

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbcon: fix integer overflow in fbcon_do_set_font Fix integer overflow vulnerabilities in fbcon_do_set_font() where font size calculations could overflow when handling user-controlled font parameters. The vulnerabilities occur when: 1. CALC_FONTSZ(h, pitch, charcount) performs h * pith * charcount multiplication with user-controlled values that can overflow. 2. FONT_EXTRA_WORDS * sizeof(int) + size addition can also overflow 3. This results in smaller allocations than expected, leading to buffer overflows during font data copying. Add explicit overflow checking using check_mul_overflow() and check_add_overflow() kernel helpers to safety validate all size calculations before allocation.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 4.4.235 < 4.5) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.9.235 < 4.10) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.14.196 < 4.15) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.19.143 < 4.20) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.4.62 < 5.4.300) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.8.6 < 5.9) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.9.1 < 5.10.245) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.194) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.155) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.109) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.50) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.16.10) • linux linux kernel 5.9 • linux linux kernel 6.17

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness

References