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| author | Samuel Ortiz <sameo@openedhand.com> | 2007-10-01 01:20:12 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-01 07:52:23 -0700 |
| commit | 8792f961ba8057d9f27987def3600253a3ba060f (patch) | |
| tree | d12f795ab089e215e6e42c962c1abf06f70c3010 /drivers/char | |
| parent | 4047727e5ae33f9b8d2b7766d1994ea6e5ec2991 (diff) | |
VT ioctl race fix
When calling the RELDISP VT ioctl, we are reading vt_newvt while the
console workqueue could be messing with it (through change_console()). We
fix this race by taking the console semaphore before reading vt_newvt.
Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@openedhand.com>
Acked-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c index 045e6888d15..c799b7f7bbb 100644 --- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c +++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c @@ -770,6 +770,7 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file, /* * Switching-from response */ + acquire_console_sem(); if (vc->vt_newvt >= 0) { if (arg == 0) /* @@ -784,7 +785,6 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file, * complete the switch. */ int newvt; - acquire_console_sem(); newvt = vc->vt_newvt; vc->vt_newvt = -1; i = vc_allocate(newvt); @@ -798,7 +798,6 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file, * other console switches.. */ complete_change_console(vc_cons[newvt].d); - release_console_sem(); } } @@ -810,9 +809,12 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file, /* * If it's just an ACK, ignore it */ - if (arg != VT_ACKACQ) + if (arg != VT_ACKACQ) { + release_console_sem(); return -EINVAL; + } } + release_console_sem(); return 0; |