From 226bd5603371cd9f6642cbb9e9a677f445de3530 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yi Yang Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 11:31:31 +0000 Subject: vc_screen: reload vc pointer before if (ret) in vcs_write() to avoid UAF The reload of 'vc' added by commit 8fb9ea65c9d1 ("vc_screen: reload load of struct vc_data pointer in vcs_write() to avoid UAF") sits after the 'if (ret)' block, so the copy-failure break path exits the loop without reloading vc. If the vc was kfree()'d via vc_port_destruct during the unlocked copy_from_user() window, the post-loop 'if (written && vc) vcs_scr_updated(vc)' is reached with a stale non-NULL vc. The '&& vc' guard from commit a287620312dc ("vc_screen: fix null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier() during concurrent vcs_write") only handles the NULL case, not this stale-non-NULL case; vcs_notifier() then reads param->vc->vc_num from freed memory: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in vcs_notifier+0x7c/0xd0 Read of size 2 at addr ffff888007149190 Call Trace: vcs_notifier+0x7c/0xd0 atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x70/0xa0 vcs_scr_updated+0x77/0xa0 vcs_write+0x71b/0x7e0 Allocated by task: vc_allocate -> con_install -> tty_open Freed by task: kfree <- vt_ioctl (VT_DISALLOCATE -> vc_port_destruct) Move the reload to immediately after console_lock(), before 'if (ret)', so every break path below passes a fresh vc to the post-loop vcs_scr_updated(). Fixes: a287620312dc ("vc_screen: fix null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier() during concurrent vcs_write") Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Yi Yang Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260901113131.2760010-1-yiyang13@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c | 23 ++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c index bf1502fd5..79453abcf 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c @@ -631,6 +631,18 @@ vcs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos) ret = copy_from_user(con_buf, buf, this_round); console_lock(); + /* The vc might have been freed or vcs_size might have changed + * while we slept to grab the user buffer; recheck here, before + * if (ret), so every break path below passes a fresh vc to the + * post-loop vcs_scr_updated(). Return data written so far. + */ + vc = vcs_vc(inode, &viewed); + if (!vc) { + if (written) + break; + return -ENXIO; + } + if (ret) { this_round -= ret; if (!this_round) { @@ -642,17 +654,6 @@ vcs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos) return -EFAULT; } } - - /* The vc might have been freed or vcs_size might have changed - * while we slept to grab the user buffer, so recheck. - * Return data written up to now on failure. - */ - vc = vcs_vc(inode, &viewed); - if (!vc) { - if (written) - break; - return -ENXIO; - } size = vcs_size(vc, attr, false); if (size < 0) { if (written) -- cgit v1.3.1