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From: Yousef Alhouseen <alhouseenyousef@gmail.com>
To: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>, Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Vicki Pfau <vi@endrift.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org,
	syzbot+75f3f9bff8c510602d36@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
	Yousef Alhouseen <alhouseenyousef@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] HID: steam: reject short serial number reports
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 02:41:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260628004106.26920-1-alhouseenyousef@gmail.com> (raw)

steam_recv_report() may return a short positive response and copies
only the bytes actually received. steam_get_serial() nevertheless reads
the full three-byte header and trusts its length without checking that
the serial payload was returned.

A malformed USB device can therefore make the driver read uninitialized
stack bytes. With a complete-looking short header, those bytes can also
be copied into steam->serial_no and printed.

Account for the stripped report ID in the return value and reject replies
that do not contain both the header and its declared payload.

Fixes: c164d6abf384 ("HID: add driver for Valve Steam Controller")
Reported-by: syzbot+75f3f9bff8c510602d36@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=75f3f9bff8c510602d36
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yousef Alhouseen <alhouseenyousef@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/hid/hid-steam.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-steam.c b/drivers/hid/hid-steam.c
index 197126d6e081..8c8bfb10e8b8 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-steam.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-steam.c
@@ -454,11 +454,20 @@ static int steam_get_serial(struct steam_device *steam)
 	ret = steam_recv_report(steam, reply, sizeof(reply));
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
+	/* hid_hw_raw_request() counts the stripped report ID byte. */
+	if (ret < 4) {
+		ret = -EIO;
+		goto out;
+	}
 	if (reply[0] != ID_GET_STRING_ATTRIBUTE || reply[1] < 1 ||
 	    reply[1] > sizeof(steam->serial_no) || reply[2] != ATTRIB_STR_UNIT_SERIAL) {
 		ret = -EIO;
 		goto out;
 	}
+	if (ret - 1 < 3 + reply[1]) {
+		ret = -EIO;
+		goto out;
+	}
 	reply[3 + STEAM_SERIAL_LEN] = 0;
 	strscpy(steam->serial_no, reply + 3, reply[1]);
 out:
-- 
2.54.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-06-28  0:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-28  0:41 Yousef Alhouseen [this message]
2026-06-28  0:47 ` [PATCH] HID: steam: reject short serial number reports Vicki Pfau
2026-06-28  0:54 ` sashiko-bot

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