From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>,
Joshua Rogers <linux@joshua.hu>, Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>,
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Subject: [PATCH 01/24] vt: serialise the producers of the flip buffer
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:06:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261027-tty-llm-v1-1-99b0202ae546@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261027-tty-llm-v1-0-99b0202ae546@linuxfoundation.org>
From: Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>
Typing on a virtual console while the console replies to an escape
sequence can make the kernel write past the end of a buffer. A user who
can write to the foreground console can cause this on purpose if they
can also inject key events, through /dev/uinput or by writing to the
/dev/input/event* node of a keyboard.
Input for a tty goes through the flip buffer of its port. A driver
inserts the data with tty_insert_flip_*() and then calls
tty_flip_buffer_push() to pass it on to the line discipline. The insert
functions take no lock: they check that the current struct tty_buffer
has room, copy the data to offset ->used, and then advance ->used. So a
flip buffer supports only one producer at a time, and a driver that has
several must serialise them.
Four functions feed the flip buffer of a virtual console:
- put_queue(), puts_queue() and fn_send_intr() insert typed characters
and breaks for the keyboard handler. They run under kbd_event_lock.
- respond_string() inserts the reply when a program writes an escape
sequence that requests one, such as a cursor position report. It runs
under the console lock.
The keyboard handler gets its events from the input layer and feeds the
foreground console. Key events that a program writes to /dev/uinput or
to an event node reach it in the same way as typed keys.
The keyboard handler and respond_string() share no lock, so they can
interleave:
keyboard handler respond_string()
================ ================
room check passes
room check passes
memcpy() to offset used
used += len
memcpy() to offset used
used += len
/* used > size of the buffer */
The room check subtracts ->used from the size, and both are unsigned.
Once ->used exceeds the size, the result wraps, so the check always
passes, and each later insert lands further past the buffer.
Reproduced as root, with keys from a uinput keyboard and cursor position
reports on the same console: KFENCE reported an out-of-bounds write
1,024 bytes past the buffer in under 10 s.
Fix this by taking port->lock, with interrupts disabled, around the
insert and the push in these four functions. kbd_keycode() already takes
port->lock under kbd_event_lock, so this lock ordering is not new.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Cc: Nicolas Pitre <npitre@baylibre.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees+treewide@kernel.org>
Cc: Joshua Rogers <linux@joshua.hu>
Cc: Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Cc: Mingyu Wang <25181214217@stu.xidian.edu.cn>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Ronan Pigott <ronan@rjp.ie>
Cc: Liav Mordouch <liavmordouch@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c | 6 ++++++
drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
index ef4a19aeb3ce..f4b742e091fb 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
@@ -322,15 +322,20 @@ int kbd_rate(struct kbd_repeat *rpt)
/*
* Helper Functions.
+ *
+ * A flip buffer allows one producer at a time, and respond_string() in vt.c
+ * feeds the same one under the console lock. So take the lock of the port.
*/
static void put_queue(struct vc_data *vc, int ch)
{
+ guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&vc->port.lock);
tty_insert_flip_char(&vc->port, ch, 0);
tty_flip_buffer_push(&vc->port);
}
static void puts_queue(struct vc_data *vc, const char *cp)
{
+ guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&vc->port.lock);
tty_insert_flip_string(&vc->port, cp, strlen(cp));
tty_flip_buffer_push(&vc->port);
}
@@ -587,6 +592,7 @@ static void fn_inc_console(struct vc_data *vc)
static void fn_send_intr(struct vc_data *vc)
{
+ guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&vc->port.lock);
tty_insert_flip_char(&vc->port, 0, TTY_BREAK);
tty_flip_buffer_push(&vc->port);
}
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 8415e274e4be..5c2c761aa0c1 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -1971,6 +1971,8 @@ static void csi_m(struct vc_data *vc)
static void respond_string(const char *p, size_t len, struct tty_port *port)
{
+ /* The keyboard handler feeds the same flip buffer. */
+ guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&port->lock);
tty_insert_flip_string(port, p, len);
tty_flip_buffer_push(port);
}
--
2.56.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-27 11:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-27 11:06 [PATCH 00/24] tty/serial: a bunch of llm-found fixes Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 11:06 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 02/24] serial: core: respect runtime PM when sending x_char Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 03/24] serial: 8250: don't wait for the em485 timers locked Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 11:39 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 04/24] serial: 8250: don't report a wakeup to a closed tty Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 11:43 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 05/24] serial: 8250: clear subdriver state on port unregister Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 11:16 ` Jiri Slaby
2026-10-27 15:28 ` James Hilliard
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 06/24] serial: 8250: add bounds check for line array in setup_serial() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 11:57 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 07/24] serial: 8250: hold hash_mutex across irq_info lookup and linking Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 12:00 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 08/24] serial: 8250: cancel overrun backoff work on port shutdown and unregister Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 12:15 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 09/24] serial: 8250: 8250_bcm7271: fix DMA address truncation to 32 bits Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 12:18 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2026-10-27 15:10 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-10-27 16:41 ` Florian Fainelli
2026-10-27 17:14 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-10-27 17:19 ` Florian Fainelli
2026-10-27 18:37 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 10/24] serial: 8250: pericom: validate port offset against BAR length Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 15:13 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 11/24] serial: 8250: cap OxSemi Tornado UART count against BAR size Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 11:23 ` Jiri Slaby
2026-10-27 11:33 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 12:24 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2026-10-27 14:29 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-10-27 15:23 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-10-27 21:13 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 12/24] serial: 8250: dfl: add bounds check for device-provided regshift Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 15:36 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 13/24] serial: 8250: dfl: validate MMIO resource size and regshift Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 12:30 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2026-10-27 15:38 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 14/24] serial: 8250: ioc3: store registered line number in driver data Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 12:38 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2026-10-27 13:10 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 15/24] serial: 8250: omap: acquire rx_dma_lock in DMA completion callback Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 12:52 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 16/24] serial: 8250_lpss: don't divide by 0 above 6.25 Mbaud Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 17/24] serial: 8250_mxpcie: handle hangup during break Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 18/24] serial: fsl_lpuart: fix tty ref of wakeup event Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 19/24] serial: imx: fix the tty reference of the " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 20/24] serial: rda: free the interrupt on shutdown Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 12:38 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 21/24] serial: samsung: don't leak the tty on an RX IRQ Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 22/24] serial: samsung: put the previous baud clock Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 23/24] serial: st-asc: don't report a wakeup to a closed tty Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 15:51 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-10-27 11:06 ` [PATCH 24/24] serial: stm32: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 13:02 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2026-10-27 15:06 ` [PATCH 00/24] tty/serial: a bunch of llm-found fixes Andy Shevchenko
2026-10-27 15:50 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-27 16:32 ` Andy Shevchenko
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