CVE-2023-38409

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-07-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

An issue was discovered in set_con2fb_map in drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.12. Because an assignment occurs only for the first vc, the fbcon_registered_fb and fbcon_display arrays can be desynchronized in fbcon_mode_deleted (the con2fb_map points at the old fb_info).

Affected products

Linux kernel: before 6.2.12 — fixed in 6.2.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.2.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.12
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=fffb0b52d5258554c645c966c6cbef7de50b851d
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.12
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=fffb0b52d5258554c645c966c6cbef7de50b851d

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