FAILED: Patch "fbcon: check return value of con2fb_acquire_newinfo()" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree

From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-03-01 01:39:03
Also in: dri-devel, stable
Subsystem: framebuffer console, framebuffer core, framebuffer layer, the rest · Maintainers: Helge Deller, Thomas Zimmermann, Simona Vetter, Linus Torvalds

The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to [off-list ref].

Thanks,
Sasha

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 011a0502801c8536f64141a2b61362c14f456544 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrey Vatoropin <redacted>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:11:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fbcon: check return value of con2fb_acquire_newinfo()

If fbcon_open() fails when called from con2fb_acquire_newinfo() then
info->fbcon_par pointer remains NULL which is later dereferenced.

Add check for return value of the function con2fb_acquire_newinfo() to
avoid it.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Fixes: d1baa4ffa677 ("fbcon: set_con2fb_map fixes")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Andrey Vatoropin <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
index 34ea14412ace1..36e380797a9e4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -1068,7 +1068,8 @@ static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *vc, bool init)
 		return;
 
 	if (!info->fbcon_par)
-		con2fb_acquire_newinfo(vc, info, vc->vc_num);
+		if (con2fb_acquire_newinfo(vc, info, vc->vc_num))
+			return;
 
 	/* If we are not the first console on this
 	   fb, copy the font from that console */
-- 
2.51.0



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