If a zero for the number of lines manages to slip through, scroll()
may underflow some offset calculations, causing accesses outside the
video memory.
Make the check in __putstr() more pessimistic to prevent that.
Signed-off-by: Jan H. Schönherr <[email protected]>
---
arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index a0838ab..c14217c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ void __putstr(const char *s)
}
}
- if (boot_params->screen_info.orig_video_mode == 0 &&
- lines == 0 && cols == 0)
+ if (lines == 0 || cols == 0)
return;
x = boot_params->screen_info.orig_x;
--
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