* [PATCH v2] HID: lenovo: Fix buffer over-read and unaligned access in X12 Tab raw_event handler
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@ 2026-05-13 2:40 ` Kean
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From: Kean @ 2026-05-13 2:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Derek J . Clark, Mark Pearson, linux-input
Cc: Kean, Jiri Kosina, Benjamin Tissoires, linux-kernel
In lenovo_raw_event(), the X12 Tab keyboard handler reads a 4-byte
little-endian value via *(__le32 *)data but only guards the access
with a size >= 3 check. If a 3-byte report with ID 0x03 is received,
the code reads one byte beyond the end of the buffer.
Change the size check to >= 4 to match the actual access width.
Additionally, casting a u8 *data pointer directly to __le32 * can
trigger unaligned access faults on architectures that enforce memory
alignment (ARM, MIPS, SPARC). The HID core provides no alignment
guarantee for the data buffer — for example, uhid payloads via
UHID_INPUT2 start at offset 6 in the uhid_event struct, giving only
2-byte alignment.
Use get_unaligned_le32() to safely read the little-endian value
regardless of the buffer's alignment. get_unaligned_le32() already
handles the LE-to-CPU conversion, so the le32_to_cpu() wrapper is
no longer needed.
Signed-off-by: Kean <rh_king@163.com>
---
Thank you for the review!
Both issues you identified are correct. This v2 addresses both memory
safety concerns in one patch:
1. Buffer over-read: size >= 3 → size >= 4 to match the 4-byte access.
2. Unaligned access: *( __le32 *)data cast → get_unaligned_le32(data),
which safely handles the uhid scenario you described (2-byte alignment
at offset 6 of uhid_event). get_unaligned_le32() already does the
LE-to-CPU conversion so le32_to_cpu() is no longer needed.
Regarding the missing key capability registration — you are correct
that these hotkey events would be silently dropped by the input core.
I'll need some time to reproduce and test this on the actual hardware
before submitting a separate patch for it.
drivers/hid/hid-lenovo.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-lenovo.c b/drivers/hid/hid-lenovo.c
index a6b73e03c16b..10c86f4e1467 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-lenovo.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-lenovo.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
#include <linux/input.h>
#include <linux/leds.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/unaligned.h>
#include "hid-ids.h"
@@ -793,8 +794,8 @@ static int lenovo_raw_event(struct hid_device *hdev,
*/
if (unlikely((hdev->product == USB_DEVICE_ID_LENOVO_X12_TAB
|| hdev->product == USB_DEVICE_ID_LENOVO_X12_TAB2)
- && size >= 3 && report->id == 0x03))
- return lenovo_raw_event_TP_X12_tab(hdev, le32_to_cpu(*(__le32 *)data));
+ && size >= 4 && report->id == 0x03))
+ return lenovo_raw_event_TP_X12_tab(hdev, get_unaligned_le32(data));
return 0;
}
--
2.47.3
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