[PATCH] tty: vt: keyboard: fix general protection fault in k_meta

From: Soham Kute

Date: Sat Feb 07 2026 - 14:29:43 EST


syzbot reported a general protection fault in k_meta() caused by
dereferencing an invalid keyboard pointer when checking META mode.

Add a defensive check to ensure the keyboard pointer is valid before
calling vc_kbd_mode().

Reported-by: syzbot+03f79366754268a0f20c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Signed-off-by: Soham Kute <officialsohamkute@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
index d65fc60dd..b535d7a42 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ static void k_meta(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char value, char up_flag)
if (up_flag)
return;

- if (vc_kbd_mode(kbd, VC_META)) {
+ if (kbd && vc_kbd_mode(kbd, VC_META)) {
put_queue(vc, '\033');
put_queue(vc, value);
} else
--
2.34.1