CVE-2026-74320: fbdev: sm501fb: Fix buffer errors in OF binding code

Published Aug 15, 2026
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev: sm501fb: Fix buffer errors in OF binding code

The code that gets the frame buffer mode from OF has 'use after free', 'buffer overrun' and memory leaks.

info->ediddata isn't free if the probe functions fail or if pd->defmode is set.

If both the CRT and PANEL are enabled info->ediddata is used after being freed and is freed twice.

The string returned by ofgetproperty(np, "mode", &len) is just written over either the static "640x480-16@60" or the module parameter string without any regard for the length (which is most likely longer).

Use kstrump() for the OF mode and free everything before freeing 'info.

Event History

Aug 15, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·05:58 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·05:58 AM
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