Re: [PATCH 2/4] virtio_input: validate device-reported multitouch slot count

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 04:22:41PM +0200, Hari Mishal wrote:
> nslots is derived from the ABS_MT_SLOT maximum reported by the
> virtio device. A device could report a bogus maximum (e.g. -1)
> making nslots = 0, which input_mt_init_slots() does not reject;
> it returns success without allocating any slot storage, silently
> leaving the device registered as multitouch capable with no
> backing state.

So let's disable multitouch instead?

> Reject non-positive slot counts before calling
> input_mt_init_slots().
> 
> Assisted-by: gkh_clanker:t1000
> Signed-off-by: Hari Mishal <harimishal1@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/virtio/virtio_input.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_input.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_input.c
> index deec24e8e682..2cc19782cdd3 100644
> --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_input.c
> +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_input.c
> @@ -312,6 +312,10 @@ static int virtinput_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>  
>  		if (test_bit(ABS_MT_SLOT, vi->idev->absbit)) {
>  			nslots = input_abs_get_max(vi->idev, ABS_MT_SLOT) + 1;
> +			if (nslots <= 0) {
> +				err = -EINVAL;
> +				goto err_mt_init_slots;
> +			}
>  			err = input_mt_init_slots(vi->idev, nslots, 0);
>  			if (err)
>  				goto err_mt_init_slots;
> -- 
> 2.43.0