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authorGraham Gower <graham.gower@gmail.com>2010-10-27 15:33:00 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2010-12-09 13:32:38 -0800
commit90b2e2755f0691ac12080e8dd91cf02cd90eb55b (patch)
tree123b1df5203644a7fb100e191bc55587f7e30c93 /drivers/char
parentffe7d99b862d4c70e1eb214605ff7e24e55c547a (diff)
drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c: fix VT_OPENQRY error value
commit 1e0ad2881d50becaeea70ec696a80afeadf944d2 upstream. When all VT's are in use, VT_OPENQRY casts -1 to unsigned char before returning it to userspace as an int. VT255 is not the next available console. Signed-off-by: Graham Gower <graham.gower@gmail.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index 38df8c19e74c..6b68a0fb4611 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
struct kbd_struct * kbd;
unsigned int console;
unsigned char ucval;
+ unsigned int uival;
void __user *up = (void __user *)arg;
int i, perm;
int ret = 0;
@@ -657,7 +658,7 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
break;
case KDGETMODE:
- ucval = vc->vc_mode;
+ uival = vc->vc_mode;
goto setint;
case KDMAPDISP:
@@ -695,7 +696,7 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
break;
case KDGKBMODE:
- ucval = ((kbd->kbdmode == VC_RAW) ? K_RAW :
+ uival = ((kbd->kbdmode == VC_RAW) ? K_RAW :
(kbd->kbdmode == VC_MEDIUMRAW) ? K_MEDIUMRAW :
(kbd->kbdmode == VC_UNICODE) ? K_UNICODE :
K_XLATE);
@@ -717,9 +718,9 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
break;
case KDGKBMETA:
- ucval = (vc_kbd_mode(kbd, VC_META) ? K_ESCPREFIX : K_METABIT);
+ uival = (vc_kbd_mode(kbd, VC_META) ? K_ESCPREFIX : K_METABIT);
setint:
- ret = put_user(ucval, (int __user *)arg);
+ ret = put_user(uival, (int __user *)arg);
break;
case KDGETKEYCODE:
@@ -949,7 +950,7 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES; ++i)
if (! VT_IS_IN_USE(i))
break;
- ucval = i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES ? (i+1) : -1;
+ uival = i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES ? (i+1) : -1;
goto setint;
/*