[PATCH] vt: clear selection before resizing

From: Scot Doyle
Date: Thu Oct 13 2016 - 13:13:13 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Reported-and-tested-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Scot Doyle <lkml14@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 06fb39c..5d6a549 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -874,6 +874,9 @@ 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;

--
2.7.4