Avoid costly user copies under the console lock. So push the lock down from tioclinux() to sel_loadlut() and set_vesa_blanking(). It is now obvious what is actually protected. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/vt/selection.c | 11 +++++++++-- drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 13 +++++-------- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c index e172ede235a0..91d789c025c6 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c @@ -113,15 +113,22 @@ static inline int inword(const u32 c) * sel_loadlut() - load the LUT table * @lut: user table * - * Load the LUT table from user space. The caller must hold the console - * lock. Make a temporary copy so a partial update doesn't make a mess. + * Load the LUT table from user space. Make a temporary copy so a partial + * update doesn't make a mess. + * + * Locking: The console lock is acquired. */ int sel_loadlut(u32 __user *lut) { u32 tmplut[ARRAY_SIZE(inwordLut)]; + if (copy_from_user(tmplut, lut, sizeof(inwordLut))) return -EFAULT; + + console_lock(); memcpy(inwordLut, tmplut, sizeof(inwordLut)); + console_unlock(); + return 0; } diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c index 079dbff562fd..3a6f60ad2224 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c @@ -3162,10 +3162,7 @@ int tioclinux(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned long arg) case TIOCL_SELLOADLUT: if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) return -EPERM; - console_lock(); - ret = sel_loadlut(param_aligned32); - console_unlock(); - break; + return sel_loadlut(param_aligned32); case TIOCL_GETSHIFTSTATE: /* * Make it possible to react to Shift+Mousebutton. Note that @@ -3181,10 +3178,7 @@ int tioclinux(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned long arg) console_unlock(); return put_user(data, p); case TIOCL_SETVESABLANK: - console_lock(); - ret = set_vesa_blanking(param); - console_unlock(); - break; + return set_vesa_blanking(param); case TIOCL_GETKMSGREDIRECT: data = vt_get_kmsg_redirect(); return put_user(data, p); @@ -4270,7 +4264,10 @@ static int set_vesa_blanking(u8 __user *mode_user) if (get_user(mode, mode_user)) return -EFAULT; + console_lock(); vesa_blank_mode = (mode < 4) ? mode : 0; + console_unlock(); + return 0; } -- 2.43.0