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SubjectBug with /dev/vcs* devices
Howdy,

This is my first time ever submitting a kernel bug, so I apologize if this is the wrong place. As per the instructions I found, I first filed a bug in Arch Linux:

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/77575

I will add the contents of the response here:

For the record, here are the 2 associated mailing list threads [1][2].

The reason why it affects both LTS and current linux is because it appears a security patch was applied to both trees to fix a UAF (use after free) bug.

If that patch is problematic, you should report it upstream to the kernel folks. Maybe even email the patch author directly. It's this patch [3]. Please let us
know what you find out.

[1] https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-general%40lists.archlinux.org/thread/EOSHIVGUZLNAD7BPHSUGOXFYSAFWDYH7/
[2] https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-general%40lists.archlinux.org/thread/S6R6UDUMX2LWL4HJ74MFNYOES45UBFLF/
[3] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c?h=v5.15.94&id=fc9e27f3ba083534b8bbf72ab0f5c810ffdc7d18

----------End Response ----------

Methods for reproducing the bug are included in the link to the bug above. But I will include one of them here as well. As root:

[root@mjollnir ~]# cat /dev/vcsa1

cat: /dev/vcsa1: No such device or address

The contents is displayed very briefly before the No such device or address error.

Thank you,
Storm
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