🚨 CVE-2026-74424
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbcon: fix NULL pointer dereference for a console without vc_data

fbcon_new_modelist() runs when a framebuffer's modelist changes. For each
console mapped to it with fb_display.mode set, it reads vc_cons.d and
passes the vc_num to fbcon_set_disp(). This assumes a console with a mode
set has a vc_data, but it can be NULL. fbcon_set_disp() sets
fb_display.mode before it checks vc_data, and fbcon_deinit() leaves the
mode set after the vc_data is freed. fbcon_new_modelist() then dereferences
the NULL vc_data.

Keep fb_display.mode set only while the console has a vc_data. Check
vc_data before setting the mode in fbcon_set_disp(), and clear the mode in
fbcon_deinit(). The existing mode check in fbcon_new_modelist() then skips
such consoles.