linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] TTY fixes for 4.7-rc6

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Date:	Fri, 1 Jul 2016 09:14:46 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [GIT PULL] TTY fixes for 4.7-rc6

The following changes since commit 33688abb2802ff3a230bd2441f765477b94cc89e:

  Linux 4.7-rc4 (2016-06-19 21:30:02 -0700)

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git/ tags/tty-4.7-rc6

for you to fetch changes up to 5353ed8deedee9e5acb9f896e9032158f5d998de:

  devpts: fix null pointer dereference on failed memory allocation (2016-06-26 11:39:00 -0700)

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tty fixes for 4.7-rc6

Here are two tty fixes for some reported issues.  One resolves a crash
in devpts, and the other resolves a problem with the fbcon cursor blink
causing lockups.

Both have been in linux-next with no reported problems.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

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Colin Ian King (1):
      devpts: fix null pointer dereference on failed memory allocation

David Daney (1):
      tty: vt: Fix soft lockup in fbcon cursor blink timer.

 drivers/tty/pty.c   | 7 +++++--
 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)