Clear scrollback buffer when locking terminal Linux kernel 3.0 adds a new command to clear the scrollback buffer in the linux console. It's available in the ncurses terminfo entry as extended capability E3. This is useful to prevent an attacker to read content of a locked terminal via Shift-PgUp key. diff --git a/display.c b/display.c index d0ed6a4..7b534c0 100644 --- a/display.c +++ b/display.c @@ -4079,4 +4079,10 @@ char **cmdv; #endif /* BLANKER_PRG */ +void +ClearScrollbackBuffer() +{ + if (D_CE3) + AddCStr(D_CE3); +} diff --git a/extern.h b/extern.h index d4e57df..4564581 100644 --- a/extern.h +++ b/extern.h @@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ extern int color256to88 __P((int)); extern void ResetIdle __P((void)); extern void KillBlanker __P((void)); extern void DisplaySleep1000 __P((int, int)); +extern void ClearScrollbackBuffer __P((void)); /* resize.c */ extern int ChangeWindowSize __P((struct win *, int, int, int)); diff --git a/screen.c b/screen.c index 7dcb9af..c934d75 100644 --- a/screen.c +++ b/screen.c @@ -1952,6 +1952,7 @@ void Detach(int mode) case D_LOCK: ClearAll(); + ClearScrollbackBuffer(); sign = SIG_LOCK; /* tell attacher to lock terminal with a lockprg. */ break; diff --git a/term.c b/term.c index c7a13c9..f49b3a7 100644 --- a/term.c +++ b/term.c @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct term term[T_N] = { "CD", T_STR }, { "ce", T_STR }, { "cb", T_STR }, + { "E3", T_STR }, /* initialise */ { "is", T_STR },