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From: Denis Benato <denis.benato@linux.dev>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org,
	"Benjamin Tissoires" <bentiss@kernel.org>,
	"Jiri Kosina" <jikos@kernel.org>,
	"Luke D . Jones" <luke@ljones.dev>,
	"Mateusz Schyboll" <dragonn@op.pl>,
	"Denis Benato" <benato.denis96@gmail.com>,
	"Denis Benato" <denis.benato@linux.dev>,
	"Antheas Kapenekakis" <lkml@antheas.dev>,
	"Connor Belli" <connorbelli2003@gmail.com>,
	sahiko-bot@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/8] HID: asus: cleanup keyboard listener on failure: avoid use-after-free
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:30:25 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260613153029.2559774-5-denis.benato@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260613153029.2559774-1-denis.benato@linux.dev>

asus_kbd_register_leds(), I noticed it registers a listener to a global list
and uses devm_kzalloc(). If a subsequent initialization step in asus_probe()
fails the driver returns without unregistering the listener, and the devres
subsystem will automatically free the memory, leaving a dangling pointer
in the global list.

Fixes: b34b5945a769 ("HID: asus: listen to the asus-wmi brightness device instead of creating one")
Reported-by: sahiko-bot@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Denis Benato <denis.benato@linux.dev>
---
 drivers/hid/hid-asus.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
index 0a6c97155549..f38b18ad65c6 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
@@ -1426,11 +1426,17 @@ static int asus_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id)
 		if (drvdata->tp) {
 			ret = asus_start_multitouch(hdev);
 			if (ret)
-				goto err_stop_hw;
+				goto err_unregister_backlight;
 		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
+err_unregister_backlight:
+	if (drvdata->kbd_backlight) {
+		asus_hid_unregister_listener(&drvdata->kbd_backlight->listener);
+		devm_kfree(&hdev->dev, drvdata->kbd_backlight);
+		drvdata->kbd_backlight = NULL;
+	}
 err_stop_hw:
 	hid_hw_stop(hdev);
 	return ret;
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-13 15:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-13 15:30 [PATCH v3 0/8] HID: asus: security fixes and more hardware support Denis Benato
2026-06-13 15:30 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] HID: asus: mitigate possible use-after-free Denis Benato
2026-06-13 15:47   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-13 15:59   ` Antheas Kapenekakis
2026-06-13 15:30 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] HID: asus: prevent wrong pointer cast Denis Benato
2026-06-13 15:30 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] HID: asus: add support for xgm led Denis Benato
2026-06-13 15:42   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-13 15:30 ` Denis Benato [this message]
2026-06-13 15:42   ` [PATCH v3 4/8] HID: asus: cleanup keyboard listener on failure: avoid use-after-free sashiko-bot
2026-06-13 15:57   ` Antheas Kapenekakis
2026-06-13 15:30 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] HID: asus: avoid sleeping calls in atomic context Denis Benato
2026-06-13 15:43   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-13 16:15   ` Antheas Kapenekakis
2026-06-13 15:30 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] HID: asus: prevent a late KEY_FN_ESC to trigger a use-after-free Denis Benato
2026-06-13 15:53   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-13 16:04   ` Antheas Kapenekakis
2026-06-13 15:30 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] HID: asus: add i2c entry for FA808UM and other TUFs Denis Benato
2026-06-13 15:45   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-13 15:30 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] HID: asus: remove unnecessary OOM message Denis Benato

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