vc_screen: fix null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier() during concurrent vcs_write

A KASAN null-ptr-deref was observed in vcs_notifier():

BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier+0x98/0x130
Read of size 2 at addr qmp_cmd_name: qmp_capabilities, arguments: {}

The issue is a race condition in vcs_write(). When the console_lock is
temporarily dropped (to copy data from userspace), the vc_data pointer
obtained from vcs_vc() may become stale. After re-acquiring the lock,
vcs_vc() is called again to re-validate the pointer. If the vc has been
deallocated in the meantime, vcs_vc() returns NULL, and the while loop
breaks (with written > 0). However, after the loop, vcs_scr_updated(vc)
is still called with the now-NULL vc pointer, leading to a null pointer
dereference in the notifier chain (vcs_notifier dereferences param->vc).

Fix this by adding a NULL check for vc before calling vcs_scr_updated().

Fixes: 8fb9ea65c9 ("vc_screen: reload load of struct vc_data pointer in vcs_write() to avoid UAF")
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Yi Yang <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby <[email protected]>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
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Yi Yang authored and Greg Kroah-Hartman committed 2026-06-12 11:55:37 +02:00
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@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ vcs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
}
*ppos += written;
ret = written;
if (written)
if (written && vc)
vcs_scr_updated(vc);
return ret;