[PATCH v2] vc_screen: modify vcs_size() handling in vcs_read()

From: George Kennedy
Date: Mon Feb 27 2023 - 15:22:16 EST


Restore the vcs_size() handling in vcs_read() to what
it had been in previous version.

Fixes: 226fae124b2d ("vc_screen: move load of struct vc_data pointer in vcs_read() to avoid UAF")
Suggested-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: George Kennedy <george.kennedy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: added Fixes

drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
index f566eb1839dc..c0a2273bb998 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
@@ -414,10 +414,8 @@ vcs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
*/
size = vcs_size(vc, attr, uni_mode);
if (size < 0) {
- if (read)
- break;
ret = size;
- goto unlock_out;
+ break;
}
if (pos >= size)
break;
--
2.31.1