[BUG] drivers/video: out-of-bounds in tile_putcs()
From: co <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-27 12:43:39
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We found a bug reachable in:
path drivers/video/fbdev/core/tileblit.c`, `drivers/video/fbdev/core
crash out-of-bounds in tile_putcs()
commit 843bc34db94b
Config, environment, the sanitizer report and a C reproducer follow.
== Notes ===============================================================
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== Environment =========================================================
Reproduced on 843bc34db94b
VM setup https://bugs.sh/b/1875dd47169bd757/run.sh
config https://bugs.sh/b/1875dd47169bd757/config.gz
poc https://bugs.sh/b/1875dd47169bd757/repro.c
== Sanitizer Report ====================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in tile_putcs (drivers/video/fbdev/core/tileblit.c:69)
Write of size 4 at addr ffff88800c622000 by task exploit/143
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:94 lib/dump_stack.c:120)
print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:378 mm/kasan/report.c:482)
kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595)
tile_putcs (drivers/video/fbdev/core/tileblit.c:69)
fbcon_putcs (drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:1392 (discriminator 3))
do_update_region (drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:656)
redraw_screen (drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:1008)
fbcon_blank (drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:2315)
do_unblank_screen (drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:4756 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:4724)
vt_ioctl (drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:276 drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:381 drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:743)
tty_ioctl (drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2792)
__x64_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:51 fs/ioctl.c:597 fs/ioctl.c:583 fs/ioctl.c:583)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)
Allocated by task 143:
__kmalloc_cache_noprof (include/linux/kasan.h:263 mm/slub.c:5515)
do_register_framebuffer (include/linux/slab.h:969 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:502)
register_framebuffer (drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:602)
ark_pci_probe (drivers/video/fbdev/arkfb.c:1051)
local_pci_probe (drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:332)
pci_device_probe (drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:394 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:455 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:489)
really_probe (drivers/base/dd.c:628 drivers/base/dd.c:706)
__driver_probe_device (drivers/base/dd.c:868)
driver_probe_device (drivers/base/dd.c:898)
__driver_attach (drivers/base/dd.c:1292)
bus_for_each_dev (drivers/base/bus.c:383)
new_id_store (drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:249)
kernfs_fop_write_iter (fs/kernfs/file.c:345)
vfs_write (fs/read_write.c:595 fs/read_write.c:687)
ksys_write (fs/read_write.c:739)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88800c620000
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-8k of size 8192
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
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