From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit 2717769e204e83e65b8819c5e2ef3e5b6639b270 upstream. The code in vc_do_resize() bounds the memory allocation size to avoid exceeding MAX_ORDER down the kzalloc() call chain and generating a runtime warning triggerable from user space. However, not only is it unwise to use a literal value here, but MAX_ORDER may also be configurable based on CONFIG_FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER. Let's use KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE instead. Note that prior commit bb1107f7c605 ("mm, slab: make sure that KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE will fit into MAX_ORDER") the KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE value could not be relied upon. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.10+ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/nycvar.YSQ.7.76.2003281702410.2671@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c @@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ static int vc_do_resize(struct tty_struc if (new_cols == vc->vc_cols && new_rows == vc->vc_rows) return 0; - if (new_screen_size > (4 << 20)) + if (new_screen_size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) return -EINVAL; newscreen = kzalloc(new_screen_size, GFP_USER); if (!newscreen)