{"cve":"CVE-2025-40304","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-08T01:16:02.567","modified":"2026-10-14T22:10:00.210","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfbdev: Add bounds checking in bit_putcs to fix vmalloc-out-of-bounds\n\nAdd bounds checking to prevent writes past framebuffer boundaries when\nrendering text near screen edges. Return early if the Y position is off-screen\nand clip image height to screen boundary. Break from the rendering loop if the\nX position is off-screen. When clipping image width to fit the screen, update\nthe character count to match the clipped width to prevent buffer size\nmismatches.\n\nWithout the character count update, bit_putcs_aligned and bit_putcs_unaligned\nreceive mismatched parameters where the buffer is allocated for the clipped\nwidth but cnt reflects the original larger count, causing out-of-bounds writes.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15ba9acafb0517f8359ca30002c189a68ddbb939","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1943b69e87b0ab35032d47de0a7fca9a3d1d6fc1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d1359e11674ed4274934eac8a71877ae5ae7bbb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3637d34b35b287ab830e66048841ace404382b67","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86df8ade88d290725554cefd03101ecd0fbd3752"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:16:40.427100871+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-40304","score":0.00144,"percentile":0.03658,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}