CVE-2022-49948

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: Clear selection before changing the font Wh...

CVE-2022-49948 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49948, released June 18, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.1
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0027
19th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: Clear selection before changing the font When changing the console font with ioctl(KDFONTOP) the new font size can be bigger than the previous font. A previous selection may thus now be outside of the new screen size and thus trigger out-of-bounds accesses to graphics memory if the selection is removed in vc_do_resize(). Prevent such out-of-memory accesses by dropping the selection before the various con_font_set() console handlers are called.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.0.2-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49948 Jun 18, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.0.2-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49948 Jun 18, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.0.2-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49948 Jun 18, 2025

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