diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 3ad0b61e35b47b..5149a72a84ffc4 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -1231,6 +1231,52 @@ static void default_attr(struct vc_data *vc)
 	vc->vc_color = vc->vc_def_color;
 }
 
+struct rgb { u8 r; u8 g; u8 b; };
+
+struct rgb rgb_from_256(int i)
+{
+	struct rgb c;
+	if (i < 8) {            /* Standard colours. */
+		c.r = i&1 ? 0xaa : 0x00;
+		c.g = i&2 ? 0xaa : 0x00;
+		c.b = i&4 ? 0xaa : 0x00;
+	} else if (i < 16) {
+		c.r = i&1 ? 0xff : 0x55;
+		c.g = i&2 ? 0xff : 0x55;
+		c.b = i&4 ? 0xff : 0x55;
+	} else if (i < 232) {   /* 6x6x6 colour cube. */
+		c.r = (i - 16) / 36 * 85 / 2;
+		c.g = (i - 16) / 6 % 6 * 85 / 2;
+		c.b = (i - 16) % 6 * 85 / 2;
+	} else                  /* Grayscale ramp. */
+		c.r = c.g = c.b = i * 10 - 2312;
+	return c;
+}
+
+static void rgb_foreground(struct vc_data *vc, struct rgb c)
+{
+	u8 hue, max = c.r;
+	if (c.g > max)
+		max = c.g;
+	if (c.b > max)
+		max = c.b;
+	hue = (c.r > max/2 ? 4 : 0)
+	    | (c.g > max/2 ? 2 : 0)
+	    | (c.b > max/2 ? 1 : 0);
+	if (hue == 7 && max <= 0x55)
+		hue = 0, vc->vc_intensity = 2;
+	else
+		vc->vc_intensity = (max > 0xaa) + 1;
+	vc->vc_color = (vc->vc_color & 0xf0) | hue;
+}
+
+static void rgb_background(struct vc_data *vc, struct rgb c)
+{
+	/* For backgrounds, err on the dark side. */
+	vc->vc_color = (vc->vc_color & 0x0f)
+		| (c.r&0x80) >> 1 | (c.g&0x80) >> 2 | (c.b&0x80) >> 3;
+}
+
 /* console_lock is held */
 static void csi_m(struct vc_data *vc)
 {
@@ -1302,8 +1348,7 @@ static void csi_m(struct vc_data *vc)
 			case 27:
 				vc->vc_reverse = 0;
 				break;
-			case 38:
-			case 48: /* ITU T.416
+			case 38: /* ITU T.416
 				  * Higher colour modes.
 				  * They break the usual properties of SGR codes
 				  * and thus need to be detected and ignored by
@@ -1315,15 +1360,41 @@ static void csi_m(struct vc_data *vc)
 				i++;
 				if (i > vc->vc_npar)
 					break;
-				if (vc->vc_par[i] == 5)      /* 256 colours */
-					i++;                 /* ubiquitous */
-				else if (vc->vc_par[i] == 2) /* 24 bit colours */
-					i += 3;              /* extremely rare */
+				if (vc->vc_par[i] == 5 &&  /* 256 colours */
+				    i < vc->vc_npar) {     /* ubiquitous */
+					i++;
+					rgb_foreground(vc,
+						rgb_from_256(vc->vc_par[i]));
+				} else if (vc->vc_par[i] == 2 &&  /* 24 bit */
+				           i <= vc->vc_npar + 3) {/* extremely rare */
+					struct rgb c = {r:vc->vc_par[i+1],
+							g:vc->vc_par[i+2],
+							b:vc->vc_par[i+3]};
+					rgb_foreground(vc, c);
+					i += 3;
+				}
 				/* Subcommands 3 (CMY) and 4 (CMYK) are so insane
-				 * that detecting them is not worth the few extra
-				 * bytes of kernel's size.
+				 * there's no point in supporting them.
 				 */
 				break;
+			case 48:
+				i++;
+				if (i > vc->vc_npar)
+					break;
+				if (vc->vc_par[i] == 5 &&  /* 256 colours */
+				    i < vc->vc_npar) {
+					i++;
+					rgb_background(vc,
+						rgb_from_256(vc->vc_par[i]));
+				} else if (vc->vc_par[i] == 2 && /* 24 bit */
+				           i <= vc->vc_npar + 3) {
+					struct rgb c = {r:vc->vc_par[i+1],
+							g:vc->vc_par[i+2],
+							b:vc->vc_par[i+3]};
+					rgb_background(vc, c);
+					i += 3;
+				}
+				break;
 			case 39:
 				vc->vc_color = (vc->vc_def_color & 0x0f) | (vc->vc_color & 0xf0);
 				break;