linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/32] Blackfin arch: Fix bug using usb keyboard crashes kernel

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Date:	Mon, 21 May 2007 15:50:32 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Hennerich, Michael" <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>
Cc:	"Bryan Wu" <bryan.wu@...log.com>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/32] Blackfin arch: Fix bug using usb keyboard crashes kernel

On 5/21/07, Hennerich, Michael <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com> wrote:
> With CONFIG_VT (drivers/char/vt.c) enabled and a USB HID keyboard connected,
> we were seeing bad pointer dereferences in drivers/char/keyboard.c
>
> In function kbd_keycode vc_cons[fg_console].d was un-initialized.

On 5/21/07, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> wrote:
> Makes sense. Please consider adding this to the changelog. Thanks.

I am not an expert on this, but I don't see how vc_cons[fg_console].d
would be uninitialized. It is always set in
drivers/char/vt.c:con_init() and drivers/char/vt.c:vc_allocate(). The
conswitchp change affects vc->vc_sw but I don't see that being used in
drivers/char/keyboard.c:kbd_keycode() except indirectly via
set_console et al.

Perhaps I am missing something here?
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