From: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@openedhand.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 08:20:12 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: VT ioctl race fix
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.23-rc9~9
X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8792f961ba8057d9f27987def3600253a3ba060f;p=linux-2.6

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>
---

diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index 045e6888d1..c799b7f7bb 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;