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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
index 2384ea85ffaf..3dba60825c08 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
@@ -335,8 +335,9 @@ vcs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
if (p < HEADER_SIZE) {
size_t tmp_count;
- con_buf0[0] = (char)vc->vc_rows;
- con_buf0[1] = (char)vc->vc_cols;
+ /* clamp header values if they don't fit */
+ con_buf0[0] = min(vc->vc_rows, 0xFFu);
+ con_buf0[1] = min(vc->vc_cols, 0xFFu);
getconsxy(vc, con_buf0 + 2);
con_buf_start += p;