[PATCH 3.16 197/366] tty: Don't call panic() at tty_ldisc_init()

[Ben Hutchings]

3.16.60-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 903f9db10f18f735e62ba447147b6c434b6af003 upstream.

syzbot is reporting kernel panic [1] triggered by memory allocation failure
at tty_ldisc_get() from tty_ldisc_init(). But since both tty_ldisc_get()
and caller of tty_ldisc_init() can cleanly handle errors, tty_ldisc_init()
does not need to call panic() when tty_ldisc_get() failed.

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=883431818e036ae6a9981156a64b821110f39187

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_io.c    | 5 ++++-
 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c | 5 +++--
 include/linux/tty.h     | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -3036,7 +3036,10 @@ struct tty_struct *alloc_tty_struct(stru
 
 	kref_init(&tty->kref);
 	tty->magic = TTY_MAGIC;
-	tty_ldisc_init(tty);
+	if (tty_ldisc_init(tty)) {
+		kfree(tty);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	tty->session = NULL;
 	tty->pgrp = NULL;
 	mutex_init(&tty->legacy_mutex);
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -820,12 +820,13 @@ void tty_ldisc_release(struct tty_struct
  *	the tty structure is not completely set up when this call is made.
  */
 
-void tty_ldisc_init(struct tty_struct *tty)
+int tty_ldisc_init(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	struct tty_ldisc *ld = tty_ldisc_get(tty, N_TTY);
 	if (IS_ERR(ld))
-		panic("n_tty: init_tty");
+		return PTR_ERR(ld);
 	tty->ldisc = ld;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ extern int tty_unregister_ldisc(int disc
 extern int tty_set_ldisc(struct tty_struct *tty, int ldisc);
 extern int tty_ldisc_setup(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_struct *o_tty);
 extern void tty_ldisc_release(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_struct *o_tty);
-extern void tty_ldisc_init(struct tty_struct *tty);
+extern int __must_check tty_ldisc_init(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void tty_ldisc_deinit(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void tty_ldisc_begin(void);