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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index 5d386f4bea4..8971484b956 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
#include <linux/major.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/console.h>
+#include <linux/signal.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -641,7 +642,7 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
extern int spawnpid, spawnsig;
if (!perm || !capable(CAP_KILL))
return -EPERM;
- if (arg < 1 || arg > _NSIG || arg == SIGKILL)
+ if (!valid_signal(arg) || arg < 1 || arg == SIGKILL)
return -EINVAL;
spawnpid = current->pid;
spawnsig = arg;