[RESEND PATCH v2] vt_ioctl: fix potential spectre v1 in VT_DISALLOCATE

From: Xiaomeng Tong
Date: Mon Mar 14 2022 - 08:35:06 EST


In VT_ACTIVATE an almost identical code path has been patched
with array_index_nospec. In the VT_DISALLOCATE path, the arg is
the user input from a system call argument and lately used as a index
for vc_cons[index].d access, which can be reached through path like
vt_disallocate->vc_busy or vt_disallocate->vc_deallocate.
For consistency both code paths should have the same mitigations
applied. Also, the code style is adjusted as suggested by Jiri.

Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@xxxxxxxxx>

---

v1 -> v2:
- Add Reviewed-by
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220222081101.21233-1-xiam0nd.tong@xxxxxxxxx/

RFC -> v1:
- Adjust code style [Jiri Slaby]
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220222073954.20212-1-xiam0nd.tong@xxxxxxxxx/

RFC:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220222035648.17984-1-xiam0nd.tong@xxxxxxxxx/

---
drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
index 580136986..8c685b501 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -898,11 +898,13 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty,
if (arg > MAX_NR_CONSOLES)
return -ENXIO;

- if (arg == 0)
+ if (arg == 0) {
vt_disallocate_all();
- else
- return vt_disallocate(--arg);
- break;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ arg = array_index_nospec(arg - 1, MAX_NR_CONSOLES);
+ return vt_disallocate(arg);

case VT_RESIZE:
{
--
2.17.1