[PATCH] fix NULL pointer deference crash

Hassan Shahbazi h.shahbazi.git at gmail.com
Wed Mar 31 16:34:29 UTC 2021


The patch has fixed a NULL pointer deference crash in hiding the cursor. It 
is verified by syzbot patch tester.

Reported by: syzbot
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=defb47bf56e1c14d5687280c7bb91ce7b608b94b

Signed-off-by: Hassan Shahbazi <h.shahbazi.git at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
index 44a5cd2f54cc..ee252d1c43c6 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -1333,8 +1333,9 @@ static void fbcon_cursor(struct vc_data *vc, int mode)
 
 	ops->cursor_flash = (mode == CM_ERASE) ? 0 : 1;
 
-	ops->cursor(vc, info, mode, get_color(vc, info, c, 1),
-		    get_color(vc, info, c, 0));
+	if (ops && ops->cursor)
+		ops->cursor(vc, info, mode, get_color(vc, info, c, 1),
+				get_color(vc, info, c, 0));
 }
 
 static int scrollback_phys_max = 0;
-- 
2.26.3



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