In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbmem: Do not delete the mode that is still in use
The execution of fb_delete_videomode() is not based on the result of the
previous fbcon_mode_deleted(). As a result, the mode is directly deleted,
regardless of whether it is still in use, which may cause UAF.
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BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in fb_mode_is_equal+0x36e/0x5e0 \
drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c:924
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88807e0ddb1c by task syz-executor.0/18962
CPU: 2 PID: 18962 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 5.10.45-rc1+ #3
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ...
Call Trace:
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline]
dump_stack+0x137/0x1be lib/dump_stack.c:118
print_address_description+0x6c/0x640 mm/kasan/report.c:385
__kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:545 [inline]
kasan_report+0x13d/0x1e0 mm/kasan/report.c:562
fb_mode_is_equal+0x36e/0x5e0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c:924
fbcon_mode_deleted+0x16a/0x220 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:2746
fb_set_var+0x1e1/0xdb0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:975
do_fb_ioctl+0x4d9/0x6e0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1108
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:48 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:753 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0xfb/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:739
do_syscall_64+0x2d/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
Freed by task 18960:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:48 [inline]
kasan_set_track+0x3d/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:56
kasan_set_free_info+0x17/0x30 mm/kasan/generic.c:355
__kasan_slab_free+0x108/0x140 mm/kasan/common.c:422
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1541 [inline]
slab_free_freelist_hook+0xd6/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1574
slab_free mm/slub.c:3139 [inline]
kfree+0xca/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4121
fb_delete_videomode+0x56a/0x820 drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c:1104
fb_set_var+0x1f3/0xdb0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:978
do_fb_ioctl+0x4d9/0x6e0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1108
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:48 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:753 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0xfb/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:739
do_syscall_64+0x2d/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.3% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-28). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it