Package: console-tools
Version: 1:0.2.3dbs-60
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hi,
There is a fd leak in openvt, so that the following fails:
tty1:$ openvt -c 8
tty8:$ openvt -c 9
tty8:$ exit
tty1:$ openvt -c 8
VT 8 is in use; command aborted
Because the second openvt leaks the fd on /dev/tty (actually /dev/tty8)
Here is a patch.
diff -urN console-tools-orig/vttools/openvt.c
console-tools-0.2.3/vttools/openvt.c
--- console-tools-orig/vttools/openvt.c 1999-08-31 22:50:12.000000000 +0200
+++ console-tools-0.2.3/vttools/openvt.c 2005-12-16 19:13:41.000000000
+0100
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@
}
}
+ close(fd);
+
sprintf(vtname, VTNAME, vtno);
/* Can we open the vt we want? */
Regards,
Samuel
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