From 009e39ae44f4191188aeb6dfbf661b771dbbe515 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scot Doyle Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:12:43 -0500 Subject: vt: clear selection before resizing When resizing a vt its selection may exceed the new size, resulting in an invalid memory access [1]. Clear the selection before resizing. [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CACT4Y+acDTwy4umEvf5ROBGiRJNrxHN4Cn5szCXE5Jw-d1B=Xw@mail.gmail.com Reported-and-tested-by: Dmitry Vyukov Signed-off-by: Scot Doyle Cc: stable Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/tty') diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c index 26cda08bc611..8c3bf3d613c0 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c @@ -876,6 +876,9 @@ static int vc_do_resize(struct tty_struct *tty, struct vc_data *vc, if (!newscreen) return -ENOMEM; + if (vc == sel_cons) + clear_selection(); + old_rows = vc->vc_rows; old_row_size = vc->vc_size_row; -- cgit v1.2.3