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Maciej W. Rozycki cf52b24b17 vt: Fix character height handling with VT_RESIZEX
commit 860dafa902595fb5f1d23bbcce1215188c3341e6 upstream.

Restore the original intent of the VT_RESIZEX ioctl's `v_clin' parameter
which is the number of pixel rows per character (cell) rather than the
height of the font used.

For framebuffer devices the two values are always the same, because the
former is inferred from the latter one.  For VGA used as a true text
mode device these two parameters are independent from each other: the
number of pixel rows per character is set in the CRT controller, while
font height is in fact hardwired to 32 pixel rows and fonts of heights
below that value are handled by padding their data with blanks when
loaded to hardware for use by the character generator.  One can change
the setting in the CRT controller and it will update the screen contents
accordingly regardless of the font loaded.

The `v_clin' parameter is used by the `vgacon' driver to set the height
of the character cell and then the cursor position within.  Make the
parameter explicit then, by defining a new `vc_cell_height' struct
member of `vc_data', set it instead of `vc_font.height' from `v_clin' in
the VT_RESIZEX ioctl, and then use it throughout the `vgacon' driver
except where actual font data is accessed which as noted above is
independent from the CRTC setting.

This way the framebuffer console driver is free to ignore the `v_clin'
parameter as irrelevant, as it always should have, avoiding any issues
attempts to give the parameter a meaning there could have caused, such
as one that has led to commit 988d0763361b ("vt_ioctl: make VT_RESIZEX
behave like VT_RESIZE"):

 "syzbot is reporting UAF/OOB read at bit_putcs()/soft_cursor() [1][2],
  for vt_resizex() from ioctl(VT_RESIZEX) allows setting font height
  larger than actual font height calculated by con_font_set() from
  ioctl(PIO_FONT). Since fbcon_set_font() from con_font_set() allocates
  minimal amount of memory based on actual font height calculated by
  con_font_set(), use of vt_resizex() can cause UAF/OOB read for font
  data."

The problem first appeared around Linux 2.5.66 which predates our repo
history, but the origin could be identified with the old MIPS/Linux repo
also at: <git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ralf/linux.git>
as commit 9736a3546de7 ("Merge with Linux 2.5.66."), where VT_RESIZEX
code in `vt_ioctl' was updated as follows:

 		if (clin)
-			video_font_height = clin;
+			vc->vc_font.height = clin;

making the parameter apply to framebuffer devices as well, perhaps due
to the use of "font" in the name of the original `video_font_height'
variable.  Use "cell" in the new struct member then to avoid ambiguity.

References:

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=32577e96d88447ded2d3b76d71254fb855245837
[2] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=6b8355d27b2b94fb5cedf4655e3a59162d9e48e3

Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@orcam.me.uk>
Fixes: 1da177e4c3 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v2.6.12+
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-05-26 12:05:20 +02:00
arch openrisc: Fix a memory leak 2021-05-26 12:05:14 +02:00
block blk-mq: Swap two calls in blk_mq_exit_queue() 2021-05-19 10:08:30 +02:00
certs certs: Fix blacklist flag type confusion 2021-03-04 10:26:29 +01:00
crypto crypto: rng - fix crypto_rng_reset() refcounting when !CRYPTO_STATS 2021-05-11 14:04:15 +02:00
Documentation tweewide: Fix most Shebang lines 2021-05-22 11:38:30 +02:00
drivers vt: Fix character height handling with VT_RESIZEX 2021-05-26 12:05:20 +02:00
fs Revert "ecryptfs: replace BUG_ON with error handling code" 2021-05-26 12:05:19 +02:00
include vt: Fix character height handling with VT_RESIZEX 2021-05-26 12:05:20 +02:00
init init/Kconfig: make COMPILE_TEST depend on HAS_IOMEM 2021-04-10 13:34:32 +02:00
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kernel locking/mutex: clear MUTEX_FLAGS if wait_list is empty due to signal 2021-05-26 12:05:15 +02:00
lib lib: stackdepot: turn depot_lock spinlock to raw_spinlock 2021-05-22 11:38:30 +02:00
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