[PATCH 7.1 024/228] fbdev: clear fb_info->mode before deleting a videomode

Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.patches,org.kernel.vger.stable
Message-ID <[email protected]>
7.1-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Melbin K Mathew <[email protected]>

commit 95e647d2a5304a8fd11f1ba3c8502de700650131 upstream.

fb_set_var() can delete a mode from info->modelist when userspace
passes FB_ACTIVATE_INV_MODE through FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO. The code
checks that the mode being deleted is not the current info->var and
that fbcon is not using it, but it does not check fb_info->mode.

fb_info->mode may still point into the modelist entry being deleted.
If the entry is freed, later mode sysfs reads through show_mode() can
dereference a stale pointer.

Clear fb_info->mode before calling fb_delete_videomode() when it
matches the mode being removed.

Cc: [email protected] # v7.1+
Signed-off-by: Melbin K Mathew <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
index 2f1c56e5a7a2..c8aa163b0ecf 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
@@ -246,8 +246,11 @@ fb_set_var(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_var_screeninfo *var)
 		ret = fb_mode_is_equal(&mode1, &mode2);
 		if (!ret) {
 			ret = fbcon_mode_deleted(info, &mode1);
-			if (!ret)
+			if (!ret) {
+				if (info->mode && fb_mode_is_equal(info->mode, &mode1))
+					info->mode = NULL;
 				fb_delete_videomode(&mode1, &info->modelist);
+			}
 		}
 
 		return ret ? -EINVAL : 0;
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2.55.0
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