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AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV L L L N U H H H 7.8 .0018 7.3 —
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed Linux a268422de8bf1b4c0cb97987b6c329c9f6a3da4b – — Linux 2.6.21 – 4.14.291
TIMELINE Jun 18 Reserved by Linux Jun 18 Published (CNA: Linux) Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2022-50097 (Linux). CVSS 7.1 → 7.8 (NVD).
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: video: fbdev: s3fb: Check the size of screen before memset_io() In the function s3fb_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: [ 54.083733] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc90003000000 [ 54.083742] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [ 54.083744] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page [ 54.083760] RIP: 0010:memset_orig+0x33/0xb0 [ 54.083782] Call Trace: [ 54.083788] s3fb_set_par+0x1ec6/0x4040 [ 54.083806] fb_set_var+0x604/0xeb0 [ 54.083836] do_fb_ioctl+0x234/0x670 Fix the this by checking the value of 'screen_size' before memset_io().
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| June 18, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| June 18, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2022-50097 (Linux). CVSS 7.1 → 7.8 (NVD). |
Authoritative record: CVE-2022-50097 at cve.org
Vendors: linux
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