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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Fix: buffer overflow during hvc_alloc().
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On 6/4/20 6:40 am, andrew@daynix.com wrote:
> From: Andrew Melnychenko <andrew@daynix.com>
>
> If there is a lot(more then 16) of virtio-console devices
> or virtio_console module is reloaded
> - buffers 'vtermnos' and 'cons_ops' are overflowed.
> In older kernels it overruns spinlock which leads to kernel freezing:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1786239
>

This Bugzilla report isn't publicly accessible. Can you include a
relevant summary here and/or make the report publicly viewable?

If it does indeed lead to a kernel freeze, this should be tagged with a
Fixes: and a Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org.

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Andrew Donnellan OzLabs, ADL Canberra
ajd@linux.ibm.com IBM Australia Limited

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