From: Eslam Khafagy <eslam.medhat1993@gmail.com>
To: roderick.colenbrander@sony.com, jikos@kernel.org,
bentiss@kernel.org, max@enpas.org
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Eslam Khafagy <eslam.medhat1993@gmail.com>,
syzbot+4f5f81e1456a1f645bf8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] HID: memory leak in dualshock4_get_calibration_data
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:37:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251122173712.76397-1-eslam.medhat1993@gmail.com> (raw)
Function dualshock4_get_calibration_data allocates memory to pointer
buf .However, the function may exit prematurely due to transfer_failure
in this case it does not handle freeing memory.
This patch handles memory deallocation at exit.
Reported-by: syzbot+4f5f81e1456a1f645bf8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/691560c4.a70a0220.3124cb.0019.GAE@google.com/T/
Tested-by: syzbot+4f5f81e1456a1f645bf8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 947992c7fa9e0 ("HID: playstation: DS4: Fix calibration workaround for clone devices")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eslam Khafagy <eslam.medhat1993@gmail.com>
---
v3:
* Address issues reported by checkpatch and re-format commit message
for better readability
* kfree() is safe so no need to check for NULL pointer
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251116022723.29857-1-eslam.medhat1993@gmail.com/
* Adding tag "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org"
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251115022323.1395726-1-eslam.medhat1993@gmail.com/
drivers/hid/hid-playstation.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-playstation.c b/drivers/hid/hid-playstation.c
index 128aa6abd10b..05a8522ace4f 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-playstation.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-playstation.c
@@ -1994,9 +1994,6 @@ static int dualshock4_get_calibration_data(struct dualshock4 *ds4)
acc_z_plus = get_unaligned_le16(&buf[31]);
acc_z_minus = get_unaligned_le16(&buf[33]);
- /* Done parsing the buffer, so let's free it. */
- kfree(buf);
-
/*
* Set gyroscope calibration and normalization parameters.
* Data values will be normalized to 1/DS4_GYRO_RES_PER_DEG_S degree/s.
@@ -2043,6 +2040,9 @@ static int dualshock4_get_calibration_data(struct dualshock4 *ds4)
ds4->accel_calib_data[2].sens_denom = range_2g;
transfer_failed:
+ /* First free buf if still allocated */
+ kfree(buf);
+
/*
* Sanity check gyro calibration data. This is needed to prevent crashes
* during report handling of virtual, clone or broken devices not implementing
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-11-22 17:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-22 17:37 Eslam Khafagy [this message]
2025-11-22 18:09 ` [PATCH v3] HID: memory leak in dualshock4_get_calibration_data Max Staudt
2025-11-22 18:15 ` Markus Elfring
2025-11-24 6:32 ` Jiri Slaby
2025-11-24 14:06 ` Max Staudt
2025-11-25 18:19 ` Eslam Khafagy
2025-11-27 16:55 ` Max Staudt
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