From: Liav Mordouch Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:02:04 +0000 (+0300) Subject: vt: discard stale unicode buffer on alt screen exit after resize X-Git-Tag: v7.0-rc7~9^2~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=40014493cece72a0be5672cd86763e53fb3ec613;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git vt: discard stale unicode buffer on alt screen exit after resize When enter_alt_screen() saves vc_uni_lines into vc_saved_uni_lines and sets vc_uni_lines to NULL, a subsequent console resize via vc_do_resize() skips reallocating the unicode buffer because vc_uni_lines is NULL. However, vc_saved_uni_lines still points to the old buffer allocated for the original dimensions. When leave_alt_screen() later restores vc_saved_uni_lines, the buffer dimensions no longer match vc_rows/vc_cols. Any operation that iterates over the unicode buffer using the current dimensions (e.g. csi_J clearing the screen) will access memory out of bounds, causing a kernel oops: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0x0000002000000020 RIP: 0010:csi_J+0x133/0x2d0 The faulting address 0x0000002000000020 is two adjacent u32 space characters (0x20) interpreted as a pointer, read from the row data area past the end of the 25-entry pointer array in a buffer allocated for 80x25 but accessed with 240x67 dimensions. Fix this by checking whether the console dimensions changed while in the alternate screen. If they did, free the stale saved buffer instead of restoring it. The unicode screen will be lazily rebuilt via vc_uniscr_check() when next needed. Fixes: 5eb608319bb5 ("vt: save/restore unicode screen buffer for alternate screen") Cc: stable Tested-by: Liav Mordouch Signed-off-by: Liav Mordouch Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260327170204.29706-1-liavmordouch@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c index e2df99e3d4580..99f15b3e95447 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c @@ -1901,6 +1901,7 @@ static void leave_alt_screen(struct vc_data *vc) unsigned int rows = min(vc->vc_saved_rows, vc->vc_rows); unsigned int cols = min(vc->vc_saved_cols, vc->vc_cols); u16 *src, *dest; + bool uni_lines_stale; if (vc->vc_saved_screen == NULL) return; /* Not inside an alt-screen */ @@ -1909,7 +1910,18 @@ static void leave_alt_screen(struct vc_data *vc) dest = ((u16 *)vc->vc_origin) + r * vc->vc_cols; memcpy(dest, src, 2 * cols); } - vc_uniscr_set(vc, vc->vc_saved_uni_lines); + /* + * If the console was resized while in the alternate screen, + * vc_saved_uni_lines was allocated for the old dimensions. + * Restoring it would cause out-of-bounds accesses. Discard it + * and let the unicode screen be lazily rebuilt. + */ + uni_lines_stale = vc->vc_saved_rows != vc->vc_rows || + vc->vc_saved_cols != vc->vc_cols; + if (uni_lines_stale) + vc_uniscr_free(vc->vc_saved_uni_lines); + else + vc_uniscr_set(vc, vc->vc_saved_uni_lines); vc->vc_saved_uni_lines = NULL; restore_cur(vc); /* Update the entire screen */