linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vt: vt_ioctl: fix VT_DISALLOCATE freeing in-use virtual console

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Message-ID: <ced58bef-31ac-7f4e-ffed-ccbcde7b7bb6@suse.cz>
Date:   Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:10:39 +0100
From:   Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>,
        Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt: vt_ioctl: fix VT_DISALLOCATE freeing in-use virtual
 console

On 18. 03. 20, 11:06, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> Jiri, can you explain what you meant here?  I don't see how your suggestion
>> would solve the problem.
>>
>> Greg, any opinion?
> 
> I'll defer to Jiri here :)

Heh, thanks.

I started looking into this yesterday, but was interrupted by other
tasks. Stay tuned.

regards,
-- 
js
suse labs