Commit 7cc3dd7
vc_screen: fix null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier() during concurrent vcs_write
commit a287620 upstream.
A KASAN null-ptr-deref was observed in vcs_notifier():
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier+0x98/0x130
Read of size 2 at addr qmp_cmd_name: qmp_capabilities, arguments: {}
The issue is a race condition in vcs_write(). When the console_lock is
temporarily dropped (to copy data from userspace), the vc_data pointer
obtained from vcs_vc() may become stale. After re-acquiring the lock,
vcs_vc() is called again to re-validate the pointer. If the vc has been
deallocated in the meantime, vcs_vc() returns NULL, and the while loop
breaks (with written > 0). However, after the loop, vcs_scr_updated(vc)
is still called with the now-NULL vc pointer, leading to a null pointer
dereference in the notifier chain (vcs_notifier dereferences param->vc).
Fix this by adding a NULL check for vc before calling vcs_scr_updated().
Fixes: 8fb9ea6 ("vc_screen: reload load of struct vc_data pointer in vcs_write() to avoid UAF")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yi Yang <yiyang13@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604060734.2914976-1-yiyang13@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>1 parent b8ebf00 commit 7cc3dd7
1 file changed
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
| Original file line number | Diff line number | Diff line change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
686 | 686 | | |
687 | 687 | | |
688 | 688 | | |
689 | | - | |
| 689 | + | |
690 | 690 | | |
691 | 691 | | |
692 | 692 | | |
| |||
0 commit comments