linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.8 059/138] vt: clear selection before resizing

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Message-Id: <20161109102847.475311418@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Wed,  9 Nov 2016 11:45:42 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Scot Doyle <lkml14@...tdoyle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.8 059/138] vt: clear selection before resizing

4.8-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Scot Doyle <lkml14@...tdoyle.com>

commit 009e39ae44f4191188aeb6dfbf661b771dbbe515 upstream.

When resizing a vt its selection may exceed the new size, resulting in
an invalid memory access [1]. Clear the selection before resizing.

[1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CACT4Y+acDTwy4umEvf5ROBGiRJNrxHN4Cn5szCXE5Jw-d1B=Xw@mail.gmail.com

Reported-and-tested-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Scot Doyle <lkml14@...tdoyle.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -874,6 +874,9 @@ static int vc_do_resize(struct tty_struc
 	if (!newscreen)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	if (vc == sel_cons)
+		clear_selection();
+
 	old_rows = vc->vc_rows;
 	old_row_size = vc->vc_size_row;