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THREAT OPSThreat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-53402 (HIGH 7.1) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font() When fbcon_do_set_font() fails (e.g., due to a memory allocation failure inside vc_resize() under heavy memory pressure), it jumps to the `

[NVD] CVE-2026-53402 (HIGH 7.1) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font() When fbcon_do_set_font() fails (e.g., due to a memory allocation failure inside vc_resize() under heavy memory pressure), it jumps to the `

mednvdPublished 2026-07-19

CVE-2026-53402 CVSS: 7.1 HIGH Published: 2026-07-19T12:16:51.387

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

fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font()

When fbcon_do_set_font() fails (e.g., due to a memory allocation failure inside vc_resize() under heavy memory pressure), it jumps to the `err_out` label to roll back the console state. However

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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53402