Enhance the check in the FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO ioctl handler to verify if the user-provided new screen size is bigger than the current font size. Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v5.4+ --- drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c index afa2863670f3..160389365a36 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c @@ -1106,7 +1106,9 @@ static long do_fb_ioctl(struct fb_info *info, unsigned int cmd, return -EFAULT; console_lock(); lock_fb_info(info); - ret = fb_set_var(info, &var); + ret = fbcon_modechange_possible(info, &var); + if (!ret) + ret = fb_set_var(info, &var); if (!ret) fbcon_update_vcs(info, var.activate & FB_ACTIVATE_ALL); unlock_fb_info(info); -- 2.35.3