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Commit f8d1653d authored by Tetsuo Handa's avatar Tetsuo Handa Committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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vt: defer kfree() of vc_screenbuf in vc_do_resize()

syzbot is reporting UAF bug in set_origin() from vc_do_resize() [1], for
vc_do_resize() calls kfree(vc->vc_screenbuf) before calling set_origin().

Unfortunately, in set_origin(), vc->vc_sw->con_set_origin() might access
vc->vc_pos when scroll is involved in order to manipulate cursor, but
vc->vc_pos refers already released vc->vc_screenbuf until vc->vc_pos gets
updated based on the result of vc->vc_sw->con_set_origin().

Preserving old buffer and tolerating outdated vc members until set_origin()
completes would be easier than preventing vc->vc_sw->con_set_origin() from
accessing outdated vc members.

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=6649da2081e2ebdc65c0642c214b27fe91099db3



Reported-by: default avatarsyzbot <syzbot+9116ecc1978ca3a12f43@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarTetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1596034621-4714-1-git-send-email-penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp


Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
parent 9123e3a7
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