[PATCH] vt: don't hardcode the mem allocation upper bound

From: Nicolas Pitre
Date: Sat Mar 28 2020 - 17:32:54 EST


The code in vc_do_resize() bounds the memory allocation size to avoid
exceeding MAX_ORDER down the kzalloc() call chain and generating a
runtime warning triggerable from user space. However, not only is it
unwise to use a literal value here, but MAX_ORDER may also be
configurable based on CONFIG_FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER.
Let's use KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE instead.

Note that prior commit bb1107f7c605 ("mm, slab: make sure that
KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE will fit into MAX_ORDER") the KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE value
could not be relied upon.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.10+


diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 15d2769805..37c5f21490 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ static int vc_do_resize(struct tty_struct *tty, struct vc_data *vc,
if (new_cols == vc->vc_cols && new_rows == vc->vc_rows)
return 0;

- if (new_screen_size > (4 << 20))
+ if (new_screen_size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
return -EINVAL;
newscreen = kzalloc(new_screen_size, GFP_USER);
if (!newscreen)