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* [PATCH] HID: logitech-hidpp: fix race condition when accessing stale stack pointer
@ 2026-04-01 14:48 Benoit Sevens
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From: Benoit Sevens @ 2026-04-01 14:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Filipe Laíns, Bastien Nocera
  Cc: Jiri Kosina, Benjamin Tissoires, linux-input, linux-kernel,
	Benoît Sevens

From: Benoît Sevens <bsevens@google.com>

The driver uses hidpp->send_receive_buf to point to a stack-allocated
buffer in the synchronous command path (__do_hidpp_send_message_sync).
However, this pointer is not cleared when the function returns.

If an event is processed (e.g. by a different thread) while the
send_mutex is held by a new command, but before that command has
updated send_receive_buf, the handler (hidpp_raw_hidpp_event) will
observe that the mutex is locked and dereference the stale pointer.

This results in an out-of-bounds access on a different thread's kernel
stack (or a NULL pointer dereference on the very first command).

Fix this by:
1. Clearing hidpp->send_receive_buf to NULL before releasing the mutex
   in the synchronous command path.
2. Moving the assignment of the local 'question' and 'answer' pointers
   inside the mutex_is_locked() block in the handler, and adding
   a NULL check before dereferencing.

Signed-off-by: Benoît Sevens <bsevens@google.com>
---
 drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c b/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c
index e871f1729d4b..42f7ea5b25dc 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c
@@ -306,21 +306,22 @@ static int __do_hidpp_send_message_sync(struct hidpp_device *hidpp,
 	if (ret) {
 		dbg_hid("__hidpp_send_report returned err: %d\n", ret);
 		memset(response, 0, sizeof(struct hidpp_report));
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (!wait_event_timeout(hidpp->wait, hidpp->answer_available,
 				5*HZ)) {
 		dbg_hid("%s:timeout waiting for response\n", __func__);
 		memset(response, 0, sizeof(struct hidpp_report));
-		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (response->report_id == REPORT_ID_HIDPP_SHORT &&
 	    response->rap.sub_id == HIDPP_ERROR) {
 		ret = response->rap.params[1];
 		dbg_hid("%s:got hidpp error %02X\n", __func__, ret);
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if ((response->report_id == REPORT_ID_HIDPP_LONG ||
@@ -328,10 +329,14 @@ static int __do_hidpp_send_message_sync(struct hidpp_device *hidpp,
 	    response->fap.feature_index == HIDPP20_ERROR) {
 		ret = response->fap.params[1];
 		dbg_hid("%s:got hidpp 2.0 error %02X\n", __func__, ret);
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	ret = 0;
+
+out:
+	hidpp->send_receive_buf = NULL;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3840,8 +3845,7 @@ static int hidpp_input_configured(struct hid_device *hdev,
 static int hidpp_raw_hidpp_event(struct hidpp_device *hidpp, u8 *data,
 		int size)
 {
-	struct hidpp_report *question = hidpp->send_receive_buf;
-	struct hidpp_report *answer = hidpp->send_receive_buf;
+	struct hidpp_report *question, *answer;
 	struct hidpp_report *report = (struct hidpp_report *)data;
 	int ret;
 	int last_online;
@@ -3851,6 +3855,12 @@ static int hidpp_raw_hidpp_event(struct hidpp_device *hidpp, u8 *data,
 	 * previously sent command.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(mutex_is_locked(&hidpp->send_mutex))) {
+		question = hidpp->send_receive_buf;
+		answer = hidpp->send_receive_buf;
+
+		if (!question)
+			return 0;
+
 		/*
 		 * Check for a correct hidpp20 answer or the corresponding
 		 * error
-- 
2.53.0.1118.gaef5881109-goog


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