This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled n_tty: Fix unsafe reference to "other" ldisc to my tty git tree which can be found at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git in the tty-next branch. The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree (usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.) The patch will also be merged in the next major kernel release during the merge window. If you have any questions about this process, please let me know. >From 6d27a63caad3f13e96cf065d2d96828c2006be6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:40:56 -0800 Subject: n_tty: Fix unsafe reference to "other" ldisc Although n_tty_check_unthrottle() has a valid ldisc reference (since the tty core gets the ldisc ref in tty_read() before calling the line discipline read() method), it does not have a valid ldisc reference to the "other" pty of a pty pair. Since getting an ldisc reference for tty->link essentially open-codes tty_wakeup(), just replace with the equivalent tty_wakeup(). Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c index d9a5fc28fef4..b280abaad91b 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c +++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c @@ -269,16 +269,13 @@ static void n_tty_check_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty) static void n_tty_check_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty) { - if (tty->driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY && - tty->link->ldisc->ops->write_wakeup == n_tty_write_wakeup) { + if (tty->driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY) { if (chars_in_buffer(tty) > TTY_THRESHOLD_UNTHROTTLE) return; if (!tty->count) return; n_tty_kick_worker(tty); - n_tty_write_wakeup(tty->link); - if (waitqueue_active(&tty->link->write_wait)) - wake_up_interruptible_poll(&tty->link->write_wait, POLLOUT); + tty_wakeup(tty->link); return; } -- 2.7.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html