[PATCH 2/2] Char: vt_ioctl, fix BKL imbalance

[Jiri Slaby]

Stanse found (again) a BKL imbalance in vt_ioctl.

It's easily triggerable by ioctl(dev_tty_fd, VT_SETACTIVATE, NULL);

Introduced by "vt: add an activate and lock".

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index 29c651a..6b36ee5 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -981,8 +981,10 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
 			goto eperm;
 
 		if (copy_from_user(&vsa, (struct vt_setactivate __user *)arg,
-						sizeof(struct vt_setactivate)))
-			return -EFAULT;
+					sizeof(struct vt_setactivate))) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if (vsa.console == 0 || vsa.console > MAX_NR_CONSOLES)
 			ret = -ENXIO;
 		else {
-- 
1.6.4.2

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