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From: Manish Khadka <maskmemanish@gmail.com>
To: linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>,
	Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] HID: appleir: fix UAF on pending key_up_timer in remove()
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 21:19:50 +0545	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260515153450.76146-1-maskmemanish@gmail.com> (raw)

appleir_remove() runs hid_hw_stop() before timer_delete_sync().
hid_hw_stop() synchronously unregisters the HID input device via
hid_disconnect() -> hidinput_disconnect() -> input_unregister_device(),
which drops the last reference and frees the underlying input_dev when
no userspace handle holds it open.

key_up_tick() reads appleir->input_dev and calls input_report_key() /
input_sync() on it.  The timer is armed from appleir_raw_event() with
a HZ/8 (~125 ms) timeout on every keydown and key-repeat report.  If a
key was pressed shortly before the device is disconnected, the timer
can fire after hid_hw_stop() has freed input_dev but before
timer_delete_sync() drains it:

  CPU0                                CPU1
  appleir_raw_event()
    mod_timer(...)                    <- timer armed for 125 ms
  ...
  USB disconnect
  appleir_remove()
    hid_hw_stop()
      hid_disconnect()
        hidinput_disconnect()
          input_unregister_device()   <- input_dev freed
                                        key_up_tick()
                                          key_up()
                                            input_report_key(
                                              appleir->input_dev, ...)
                                                            ^^^^^^^^^ UAF
    timer_delete_sync()               <- too late

A simple reorder is not sufficient.  Putting timer_delete_sync() first
still leaves a window where a USB URB completion (raw_event) running
during hid_hw_stop() can call mod_timer() and re-arm the timer, which
then fires after hidinput_disconnect() has freed input_dev.

Introduce a 'removing' flag on struct appleir, gated by the existing
spinlock.  appleir_remove() sets the flag under the lock and then
drains the timer; appleir_raw_event() and key_up_tick() bail out
early if the flag is set, so no path can arm or run the timer after
remove() has drained it.

The keyrepeat branch of appleir_raw_event() previously called
key_down() and mod_timer() without holding the spinlock; take it now
so the flag check is well-defined.  This incidentally closes a
pre-existing read-side race on appleir->current_key in that branch.

This bug is structurally a sibling of commit 4db2af929279 ("HID:
appletb-kbd: fix UAF in inactivity-timer cleanup path") and has been
present since the driver was introduced.

Fixes: 9a4a5574ce42 ("HID: appleir: add support for Apple ir devices")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Manish Khadka <maskmemanish@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/hid/hid-appleir.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-appleir.c b/drivers/hid/hid-appleir.c
index 5e8ced7bc05a..0e51f1e16653 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-appleir.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-appleir.c
@@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ struct appleir {
 	struct hid_device *hid;
 	unsigned short keymap[ARRAY_SIZE(appleir_key_table)];
 	struct timer_list key_up_timer;	/* timer for key up */
-	spinlock_t lock;		/* protects .current_key */
+	spinlock_t lock;		/* protects .current_key, .removing */
 	int current_key;		/* the currently pressed key */
 	int prev_key_idx;		/* key index in a 2 packets message */
+	bool removing;			/* set during teardown; gates input_dev access */
 };
 
 static int get_key(int data)
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ static void key_up_tick(struct timer_list *t)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&appleir->lock, flags);
-	if (appleir->current_key) {
+	if (!appleir->removing && appleir->current_key) {
 		key_up(hid, appleir, appleir->current_key);
 		appleir->current_key = 0;
 	}
@@ -195,6 +196,10 @@ static int appleir_raw_event(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_report *report,
 		int index;
 
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&appleir->lock, flags);
+		if (appleir->removing) {
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&appleir->lock, flags);
+			goto out;
+		}
 		/*
 		 * If we already have a key down, take it up before marking
 		 * this one down
@@ -229,12 +234,17 @@ static int appleir_raw_event(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_report *report,
 	appleir->prev_key_idx = 0;
 
 	if (!memcmp(data, keyrepeat, sizeof(keyrepeat))) {
-		key_down(hid, appleir, appleir->current_key);
-		/*
-		 * Remote doesn't do key up, either pull them up, in the test
-		 * above, or here set a timer which pulls them up after 1/8 s
-		 */
-		mod_timer(&appleir->key_up_timer, jiffies + HZ / 8);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&appleir->lock, flags);
+		if (!appleir->removing) {
+			key_down(hid, appleir, appleir->current_key);
+			/*
+			 * Remote doesn't do key up, either pull them up, in
+			 * the test above, or here set a timer which pulls them
+			 * up after 1/8 s
+			 */
+			mod_timer(&appleir->key_up_timer, jiffies + HZ / 8);
+		}
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&appleir->lock, flags);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -318,8 +328,20 @@ static int appleir_probe(struct hid_device *hid, const struct hid_device_id *id)
 static void appleir_remove(struct hid_device *hid)
 {
 	struct appleir *appleir = hid_get_drvdata(hid);
-	hid_hw_stop(hid);
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	/*
+	 * Mark the driver as tearing down so that any concurrent raw_event
+	 * (e.g. from a USB URB completion that hid_hw_stop() has not yet
+	 * killed) and the key_up_timer softirq stop touching input_dev
+	 * before hid_hw_stop() frees it via hidinput_disconnect().
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&appleir->lock, flags);
+	appleir->removing = true;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&appleir->lock, flags);
+
 	timer_delete_sync(&appleir->key_up_timer);
+	hid_hw_stop(hid);
 }
 
 static const struct hid_device_id appleir_devices[] = {
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-05-15 15:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-15 15:34 Manish Khadka [this message]
2026-05-15 16:02 ` [PATCH] HID: appleir: fix UAF on pending key_up_timer in remove() sashiko-bot
2026-05-15 17:32   ` [PATCH v2] " Manish Khadka

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