CVE-2024-50076
vt: prevent kernel-infoleak in con_font_get()
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: prevent kernel-infoleak in con_font_get() font.data may not initialize all memory spaces depending on the implementation of vc->vc_sw->con_font_get. This may cause info-leak, so to prevent this, it is safest to modify it to initialize the allocated memory space to 0, and it generally does not affect the overall performance of the system.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Oct 29, 2024 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < efc67cee700b89ffbdb74a0603a083ec1290ae31 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < dc794e878e6d79f75205be456b1042a289c5759d 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 1e5a17dc77d8a8bbe67040b32e2ef755901aba44 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < b3959d5eca136e0588f9af3867b34032160cb826 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 23c4cb8a56978e5b1baa171d42e616e316c2039d 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < dc2d5f02636c7587bdd6d1f60fc59c55860b00a4 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < adb1f312f38f0d2c928ceaff089262798cc260b4 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < f956052e00de211b5c9ebaa1958366c23f82ee9e
Linux / Linux
2.6.12
References
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efc67cee700b89ffbdb74a0603a083ec1290ae31 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc794e878e6d79f75205be456b1042a289c5759d git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e5a17dc77d8a8bbe67040b32e2ef755901aba44 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3959d5eca136e0588f9af3867b34032160cb826 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23c4cb8a56978e5b1baa171d42e616e316c2039d git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc2d5f02636c7587bdd6d1f60fc59c55860b00a4 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adb1f312f38f0d2c928ceaff089262798cc260b4 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f956052e00de211b5c9ebaa1958366c23f82ee9e