CVE-2022-50101
Published: Jun 18, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: video: fbdev: vt8623fb: Check the size of screen before memset_io() In the function vt8623fb_set_par(), the value of 'screen_size' is calculated by the user input. If the user provides the improper value, the value of 'screen_size' may larger than 'info->screen_size', which may cause the following bug: [ 583.339036] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc90005000000 [ 583.339049] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [ 583.339052] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page [ 583.339074] RIP: 0010:memset_orig+0x33/0xb0 [ 583.339110] Call Trace: [ 583.339118] vt8623fb_set_par+0x11cd/0x21e0 [ 583.339146] fb_set_var+0x604/0xeb0 [ 583.339181] do_fb_ioctl+0x234/0x670 [ 583.339209] fb_ioctl+0xdd/0x130 Fix the this by checking the value of 'screen_size' before memset_io().
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 558b7bd86c32978648cda5deb5c758d77ef0c165 - < 73280a184aa2e1a625ce54ce761042955cc79cd0affected 558b7bd86c32978648cda5deb5c758d77ef0c165 - < 52ad9bfeb8a0e62de30de6d39e8a49a72dd78150affected 558b7bd86c32978648cda5deb5c758d77ef0c165 - < d71528ccdc7ae8d7500d414091d27805c51407a2affected 558b7bd86c32978648cda5deb5c758d77ef0c165 - < bd8269e57621e5b38cc0b4bd2fa02e85c9f2a441affected 558b7bd86c32978648cda5deb5c758d77ef0c165 - < 4a3cef1eaced13ba9b55381d46bfad937a3dac2c+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 2.6.22unaffected 0 - < 2.6.22unaffected 4.14.291 - <= 4.14.*unaffected 4.19.256 - <= 4.19.*unaffected 5.4.211 - <= 5.4.*+5 more versions |
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