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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.com>, kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] tiocsti() NULL dereference if ld->ops->receive_buf==NULL
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 10:11:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190119091108.GF10836@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG48ez06mDExELyTYN7MZQ3FjGcLx9ASc5HnxW8NQbfTAPX=Qg@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 08:09:07PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> When a line discipline doesn't have a ->receive_buf handler, tiocsti()
> attempts to call a NULL pointer. Both tty_n_tracesink and
> spk_ttyio_ldisc_ops don't have such a handler.
> 
> To reproduce, build a kernel with CONFIG_SPEAKUP=y and
> CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_SOFT=y, set speakup.synth=soft in the kernel
> command line, and run the following code as root:

<snip>

Ugh, thanks for finding this.  I'll look at it later this afternoon...

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2019-01-19  9:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-01-18 19:09 [BUG] tiocsti() NULL dereference if ld->ops->receive_buf==NULL Jann Horn
2019-01-19  9:11 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2019-01-20  9:52   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-01-21 15:38     ` Jann Horn
2019-01-21 16:14       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman

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