framebuffer console · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
• M Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>

Paths

• F Documentation/fb/fbcon.rst
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/bitblit.c
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_logo.c
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.h
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ccw.c
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_cw.c
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.c
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.h
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ud.c
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/softcursor.c
• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/tileblit.c
• F include/linux/font.h
• F lib/fonts/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH V2] fbdev: Fix out-of-bounds access when rotating console after font resize
  2026-07-22 06:30 · 0 replies in 7d · Zizhi Wo <hidden>
• WARM3d Linux 6.18.39
  2026-07-18 15:01 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM3d Linux 6.12.96
  2026-07-18 15:01 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-25
• <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-06-24

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on lkml (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH V2] fbdev: Fix out-of-bounds access when rotating console after font resize
  2026-07-22 · Zizhi Wo <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.18.39
  2026-07-18 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.12.96
  2026-07-18 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD17d Re: Linux 7.1.3
  2026-07-04 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD26d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v2] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font()
  2026-06-25 · Mingyu Wang <hidden>
• COLD25d [PATCH] fbcon: fix NULL pointer dereference for a console without vc_data
  2026-06-24 · Ian Bridges <hidden>
• COLD26d [PATCH] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font()
  2026-06-24 · <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.6.143
  2026-06-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD32d Re: Linux 6.1.176
  2026-06-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.15.210
  2026-06-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.10.259
  2026-06-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD33d [PATCH] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-06-18 · HAN Ruidong via B4 Relay <devnull+rdhan.smu.edu.sg@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2] fbcon: do suspend/resume only when vc is text mode and visible
  2026-06-01 · <hidden>
• COLD48d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH 6.6.y 2/2] drm, fbcon, vga_switcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup
  2026-05-28 · Wenshan Lan <hidden>
• COLD47d [PATCH 7.0] fbdev: fbcon: fix memory leak in error path of fbcon_do_set_font()
  2026-05-25 · <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.18.32
  2026-05-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.12.90
  2026-05-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.6.140
  2026-05-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 7.0.7
  2026-05-14 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE63d [PATCH] fbcon: Use correct type for vc_resize() return value
  2026-05-14 · Jiacheng Yu <hidden>
• COLD50d [PATCH] fbcon: don't suspend/resume when vc is graphics mode
  2026-04-30 · <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.15.203
  2026-04-18 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE105d [PATCH v2 10/10] fbcon: Put font-rotation state into separate struct
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE105d [PATCH v2 07/10] lib/fonts: Refactor glyph-rotation helpers
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE105d [PATCH v2 04/10] lib/fonts: Clean up Makefile
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE105d [PATCH v2 09/10] fbcon: Fill cursor mask in helper function
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE105d [PATCH v2 08/10] lib/fonts: Implement font rotation
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE105d [PATCH v2 03/10] lib/fonts: Provide helpers for calculating glyph pitch and size
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE105d [PATCH v2 06/10] lib/fonts: Refactor glyph-pattern helpers
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE105d [PATCH v2 01/10] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH 5.15.y] fbcon: Set fb_display[i]->mode to NULL when the mode is released
  2026-03-31 · Johnny Hao <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD26d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v2] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font()
  2026-06-25 · Mingyu Wang <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 5.10.y] fbcon: Fix the issue of uninitialized charcount in the remaining consoles
  2026-01-05 · Luo Gengkun <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.10.248
  2026-01-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.10.249
  2026-02-06 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE141d [PATCH 03/13] vt: Store font in struct vc_font
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE141d [PATCH 04/13] vt: Calculate font-buffer size with vc_font_size()
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE141d [PATCH 08/13] lib/fonts: Read font size with font_data_size()
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE141d [PATCH 05/13] lib/fonts: Remove trailing whitespaces
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE141d [PATCH 11/13] lib/fonts: Create font_data_t from struct console_font with font_data_import()
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE141d [PATCH 06/13] lib/fonts: Remove FNTCHARCNT()
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE141d [PATCH 07/13] lib/fonts: Store font data as font_data_t; update consoles
  2026-02-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>