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commit 1aa6e058dd6cd04471b1f21298270014daf48ac9 upstream. The vc_cons_allocated() checks in vt_ioctl() and vt_compat_ioctl() are unnecessary because they can only be reached by calling ioctl() on an open tty, which implies the corresponding virtual console is allocated. And even if the virtual console *could* be freed concurrently, then these checks would be broken since they aren't done under console_lock, and the vc_data is dereferenced before them anyway. So, remove these unneeded checks to avoid confusion. Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200224080326.295046-1-ebiggers@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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