Re: [PATCH] tty: vt: add some NULL checks for vc_data

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>]

On 29. 12. 22, 7:41, Hang Zhang wrote:
> vc_selection(), do_blank_screen() and scrollfront() all access "vc_data"
> structures obtained from the global "vc_cons[fg_console].d", which can
> be freed and nullified (e.g., in the error path of vc_allocate()). But
> these functions don't have any NULL checks against the pointers before
> dereferencing them, causing potentially use-after-free or null pointer
> dereference.

Could you elaborate under what circumstances is fg_console set to a 
non-allocated console?

> Prevent these potential issues by placing NULL checks in these functions
> before accessing "vc_data" structures. Similar checks can be found in
> other functions like vt_console_print() and poke_blanked_console().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hang Zhang <zh.nvgt@gmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/tty/vt/selection.c | 3 +++
>   drivers/tty/vt/vt.c        | 5 +++++
>   2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
> index 6ef22f01cc51..c727fd947683 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
> @@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ static int vc_selection(struct vc_data *vc, struct tiocl_selection *v,
>   {
>   	int ps, pe;
>   
> +	if (!vc)
> +		return 0;
> +
>   	poke_blanked_console();
>   
>   	if (v->sel_mode == TIOCL_SELCLEAR) {
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
> index 981d2bfcf9a5..00f8fdc61e9f 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
> @@ -1493,6 +1493,8 @@ void scrollback(struct vc_data *vc)
>   
>   void scrollfront(struct vc_data *vc, int lines)
>   {
> +	if (!vc)
> +		return;
>   	if (!lines)
>   		lines = vc->vc_rows / 2;
>   	scrolldelta(lines);
> @@ -4346,6 +4348,9 @@ void do_blank_screen(int entering_gfx)
>   	struct vc_data *vc = vc_cons[fg_console].d;
>   	int i;
>   
> +	if (!vc)
> +		return;
> +
>   	might_sleep();
>   
>   	WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED();

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs