The bug is here: if (s->len != flen) { The list iterator 's' will point to a bogus position containing HEAD if the list is empty or no element is found. This case must be checked before any use of the iterator, otherwise it may bpass the 'if (s->len != flen) {' in theory iif s->len's value is flen. To fix this bug, use a new variable 'iter' as the list iterator, while use the origin variable 's' as a dedicated pointer to point to the found element. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: ^1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c b/drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c index 5c83f71c1d0e..030e9a098d11 100644 --- a/drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c +++ b/drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c @@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ tty3270_convert_line(struct tty3270 *tp, int line_nr) { struct tty3270_line *line; struct tty3270_cell *cell; - struct string *s, *n; + struct string *s = NULL, *n, *iter; unsigned char highlight; unsigned char f_color; char *cp; @@ -1142,13 +1142,15 @@ tty3270_convert_line(struct tty3270 *tp, int line_nr) /* Find the line in the list. */ i = tp->view.rows - 2 - line_nr; - list_for_each_entry_reverse(s, &tp->lines, list) - if (--i <= 0) + list_for_each_entry_reverse(iter, &tp->lines, list) + if (--i <= 0) { + s = iter; break; + } /* * Check if the line needs to get reallocated. */ - if (s->len != flen) { + if (!s || s->len != flen) { /* Reallocate string. */ n = tty3270_alloc_string(tp, flen); list_add(&n->list, &s->list); -- 2.17.1