Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] VT: Add KDFONTINFO ioctl

[Alexey Gladkov]

On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 07:05:14AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> First, there was no need to send this v4 so quickly. Provided we have 
> not settled in v3... This makes the review process painful.
> 
> And then:
> 
> On 02. 04. 24, 19:50, Alexey Gladkov wrote:
> > Each driver has its own restrictions on font size. There is currently no
> > way to understand what the requirements are. The new ioctl allows
> > userspace to get the minimum and maximum font size values.
> > 
> > Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ...
> > --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
> > +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
> > @@ -479,6 +479,17 @@ static int vt_k_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int cmd,
> >   		break;
> >   	}
> >   
> > +	case KDFONTINFO: {
> > +		struct console_font_info fnt_info;
> > +
> > +		ret = con_font_info(vc, &fnt_info);
> > +		if (ret)
> > +			return ret;
> > +		if (copy_to_user(up, &fnt_info, sizeof(fnt_info)))
> 
> sizeof, I already commented.

I'm not sure I understand. sizeof(*up), but 'up' is 'void __user *up'.

> Now you leak info to userspace unless everyone sets everything in 
> fnt_info. IOW, do memset() above.

Yes. I miss it. Sorry.

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Rgrds, legion