kernel/linux.git/drivers/tty/vt, branch v5.15.219

vt: stabilize tty reference in kbd_keycode with tty_port_tty_get

2026-08-19T15:14:15+00:00

commit e25d47a526939ad44b75f778b8a7500562b84fc1 upstream. kbd_keycode() reads vc->port.tty without acquiring a tty reference, racing against con_shutdown() which clears port.tty under a different lock. Use tty_port_tty_get()/tty_kref_put() to hold a proper reference for the duration the tty pointer is needed. Assisted-by: AISLE:Snapshot Signed-off-by: Joshua Rogers Cc: stable Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260731-tty-vt-stuff-v1-1-be99b9da8e30@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

vt: add permission check for KDSKBMETA ioctl

2026-08-19T15:14:15+00:00

commit a7ad0034453ba4c353f9b8f810ee2569de33d283 upstream. KDSKBMETA modifies keyboard meta mode but lacks the !perm check that all other keyboard setter ioctls in vt_k_ioctl() enforce, allowing a process to change meta mode on a non-controlling console without authorization. Assisted-by: AISLE:Snapshot Cc: stable Signed-off-by: Joshua Rogers Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260731-tty-vt-stuff-v1-2-be99b9da8e30@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

vc_screen: fix null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier() during concurrent vcs_write

2026-07-04T11:39:37+00:00

commit a287620312dc6dcb9a093417a0e589bf30fcf38a upstream. A KASAN null-ptr-deref was observed in vcs_notifier(): BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier+0x98/0x130 Read of size 2 at addr qmp_cmd_name: qmp_capabilities, arguments: {} The issue is a race condition in vcs_write(). When the console_lock is temporarily dropped (to copy data from userspace), the vc_data pointer obtained from vcs_vc() may become stale. After re-acquiring the lock, vcs_vc() is called again to re-validate the pointer. If the vc has been deallocated in the meantime, vcs_vc() returns NULL, and the while loop breaks (with written > 0). However, after the loop, vcs_scr_updated(vc) is still called with the now-NULL vc pointer, leading to a null pointer dereference in the notifier chain (vcs_notifier dereferences param->vc). Fix this by adding a NULL check for vc before calling vcs_scr_updated(). Fixes: 8fb9ea65c9d1 ("vc_screen: reload load of struct vc_data pointer in vcs_write() to avoid UAF") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Yi Yang Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604060734.2914976-1-yiyang13@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

vt: defkeymap: Map keycodes above 127 to K_HOLE

2025-08-28T14:24:27+00:00

commit b43cb4ff85da5cf29c4cd351ef1d7dd8210780f7 upstream. The maximum number of keycodes got bumped to 256 a very long time ago, but the default keymaps were never adjusted to match. This is causing the kernel to interpret keycodes above 127 as U+0000 if the shipped generated keymap is used. Fix this by mapping all keycodes above 127 to K_HOLE so the kernel ignores them. The contents of this patche were generated by rerunning `loadkeys --mktable --unicode` and only including the changes to map keycodes above 127 to K_HOLE. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Myrrh Periwinkle Cc: stable Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250702-vt-misc-unicode-fixes-v1-2-c27e143cc2eb@qtmlabs.xyz Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

vt: keyboard: Don't process Unicode characters in K_OFF mode

2025-08-28T14:24:27+00:00

commit b1cc2092ea7a52e2c435aee6d2b1bcb773202663 upstream. We don't process Unicode characters if the virtual terminal is in raw mode, so there's no reason why we shouldn't do the same for K_OFF (especially since people would expect K_OFF to actually turn off all VT key processing). Fixes: 9fc3de9c8356 ("vt: Add virtual console keyboard mode OFF") Signed-off-by: Myrrh Periwinkle Cc: stable Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250702-vt-misc-unicode-fixes-v1-1-c27e143cc2eb@qtmlabs.xyz Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

vt: add missing notification when switching back to text mode

2025-07-17T16:30:54+00:00

[ Upstream commit ff78538e07fa284ce08cbbcb0730daa91ed16722 ] Programs using poll() on /dev/vcsa to be notified when VT changes occur were missing one case: the switch from gfx to text mode. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/9o5ro928-0pp4-05rq-70p4-ro385n21n723@onlyvoer.pbz Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tty: vt: make consw::con_switch() return a bool

2025-07-10T13:57:37+00:00

[ Upstream commit 8d5cc8eed738e3202379722295c626cba0849785 ] The non-zero (true) return value from consw::con_switch() means a redraw is needed. So make this return type a bool explicitly instead of int. The latter might imply that -Eerrors are expected. They are not. And document the hook. Signed-off-by: "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" Cc: Helge Deller Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" Cc: Daniel Vetter Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Tested-by: Helge Deller # parisc STI console Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240122110401.7289-31-jirislaby@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Stable-dep-of: 03bcbbb3995b ("dummycon: Trigger redraw when switching consoles with deferred takeover") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tty: vt: sanitize arguments of consw::con_clear()

2025-07-10T13:57:37+00:00

[ Upstream commit 559f01a0ee6d924c6fec3eaf6a5b078b15e71070 ] In consw::con_clear(): * Height is always 1, so drop it. * Offsets and width are always unsigned values, so re-type them as such. This needs a new __fbcon_clear() in the fbcon code to still handle height which might not be 1 when called internally. Note that tests for negative count/width are left in place -- they are taken care of in the next patches. And document the hook. Signed-off-by: "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" Cc: Helge Deller Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" Cc: Daniel Vetter Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Tested-by: Helge Deller # parisc STI console Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240122110401.7289-22-jirislaby@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Stable-dep-of: 03bcbbb3995b ("dummycon: Trigger redraw when switching consoles with deferred takeover") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tty: vt: make init parameter of consw::con_init() a bool

2025-07-10T13:57:37+00:00

[ Upstream commit dae3e6b6180f1a2394b984c596d39ed2c57d25fe ] The 'init' parameter of consw::con_init() is true for the first call of the hook on a particular console. So make the parameter a bool. And document the hook. Signed-off-by: "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Helge Deller Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" Cc: Daniel Vetter Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Tested-by: Helge Deller # parisc STI console Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240122110401.7289-21-jirislaby@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Stable-dep-of: 03bcbbb3995b ("dummycon: Trigger redraw when switching consoles with deferred takeover") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tty/vt: consolemap: rename and document struct uni_pagedir

2025-07-10T13:57:36+00:00

[ Upstream commit 4173f018aae16b6496d292c234b858241f85254f ] struct uni_pagedir contains 32 unicode page directories, so the name of the structure is a bit misleading. Rename the structure to uni_pagedict, so it looks like this: struct uni_pagedict -> 32 page dirs -> 32 rows -> 64 glyphs Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220607104946.18710-2-jslaby@suse.cz Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Stable-dep-of: 03bcbbb3995b ("dummycon: Trigger redraw when switching consoles with deferred takeover") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin