Medium 5.3Published May 17, 2024

CVE-2024-35823vt: fix unicode buffer corruption when deleting characters

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 10:30 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: fix unicode buffer corruption when deleting characters This is the same issue that was fixed for the VGA text buffer in commit 39cdb68c64d8 ("vt: fix memory overlapping when deleting chars in the buffer"). The cure is also the same i.e. replace memcpy() with memmove() due to the overlaping buffers.

CVSS: 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-120
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 14, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 81732c3b2fede049a692e58a7ceabb6d18ffb18c before fc7dfe3d123f00e720be80b920da287810a1f37d; from 81732c3b2fede049a692e58a7ceabb6d18ffb18c before ff7342090c1e8c5a37015c89822a68b275b46f8a; 81732c3b2fede049a692e58a7ceabb6d18ffb18c builds before 1ce408f75ccf1e25b3fddef75cca878b55f2ac90; 81732c3b2fede049a692e58a7ceabb6d18ffb18c builds before 0190d19d7651c08abc187dac3819c61b726e7e3f; 81732c3b2fede049a692e58a7ceabb6d18ffb18c builds before 994a1e583c0c206c8ca7d03334a65b79f4d8bc51; 81732c3b2fede049a692e58a7ceabb6d18ffb18c builds before 7529cbd8b5f6697b369803fe1533612c039cabda; 81732c3b2fede049a692e58a7ceabb6d18ffb18c builds before 2933b1e4757a0a5c689cf48d80b1a2a85f237ff1; 81732c3b2fede049a692e58a7ceabb6d18ffb18c builds before 1581dafaf0d34bc9c428a794a22110d7046d186d	CNA record
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem siemens:simatic_s7_1500_tm_mfp_gnu_linux_subsystem (from the name)	before V1.1.1	CISA ADP
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 3.7 before 4.19.312; from 4.20 before 5.4.274; from 5.5 before 5.10.215; from 5.11 before 5.15.154; from 5.16 before 6.1.84; from 6.2 before 6.6.24; from 6.7 before 6.7.12; 6.8; and 5 more ranges	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	10.0	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc7dfe3d123f00e720be80b920da287810a1f37d	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff7342090c1e8c5a37015c89822a68b275b46f8a	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ce408f75ccf1e25b3fddef75cca878b55f2ac90	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0190d19d7651c08abc187dac3819c61b726e7e3f	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/994a1e583c0c206c8ca7d03334a65b79f4d8bc51	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7529cbd8b5f6697b369803fe1533612c039cabda	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2933b1e4757a0a5c689cf48d80b1a2a85f237ff1	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1581dafaf0d34bc9c428a794a22110d7046d186d	patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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