From: Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@0sec.ai>
To: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>, Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@kernel.org>
Cc: Nikolai Kondrashov <spbnick@gmail.com>,
linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] HID: uclogic: fix UAF on inrange_timer at teardown and probe error
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:59:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260713215950.24193-1-doruk@0sec.ai> (raw)
uclogic_probe() arms a per-device timer whose callback
uclogic_inrange_timeout() dereferences drvdata->pen_input, and
uclogic_raw_event_pen() re-arms it with a 100 ms timeout on every
in-range pen report.
uclogic_remove() drained the timer with timer_delete_sync() before
hid_hw_stop(). timer_delete_sync() does not block re-arming: a pen
report delivered before hid_hw_stop() kills the URBs can re-arm the timer
after it was drained. hid_hw_stop() then frees the hidinput pen_input
(via hidinput_disconnect() -> input_unregister_device()), and the pending
timer fires on freed memory.
Use timer_shutdown_sync() instead, still before hid_hw_stop(). It drains
the callback while pen_input is still valid and permanently blocks
re-arming, so an in-flight raw_event cannot revive the timer; hid_hw_stop()
then frees pen_input with the timer already dead.
The probe error path had the same exposure: if hid_hw_start() started I/O
and then failed, raw_event may have armed the timer, which would fire on
the devm-freed drvdata after probe returns. Shut the timer down there too.
Unlike letsketch, whose input devices are devm-allocated and outlive
hid_hw_stop(), uclogic's pen_input is freed inside hid_hw_stop(), so the
timer must be shut down before it rather than after.
Found by 0sec (https://0sec.ai).
Fixes: 01309e29eb95 ("HID: uclogic: Support in-range reporting emulation")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: 0sec
Signed-off-by: Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@0sec.ai>
---
v3: resend as a 2-patch series. 1/2 is the v2 timer fix, unchanged. 2/2 adds
the desc_ptr leak fix in the probe error path, flagged by the Sashiko AI
review on v2. No functional change to this patch since v2.
v2: shut the timer down on the probe error path too, and clarify in the commit
message why uclogic differs from the letsketch precedent (pen_input is
freed inside hid_hw_stop(), so the timer must be shut down before it).
drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c
index b73f09d26688..d74f98efa879 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c
@@ -267,6 +267,13 @@ static int uclogic_probe(struct hid_device *hdev,
/* Assume "remove" might not be called if "probe" failed */
if (params_initialized)
uclogic_params_cleanup(&drvdata->params);
+ /*
+ * If hid_hw_start() started I/O and then failed, raw_event may have
+ * armed the timer; shut it down so it cannot fire on the devm-freed
+ * drvdata after probe returns.
+ */
+ if (drvdata)
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&drvdata->inrange_timer);
return rc;
}
@@ -548,7 +555,15 @@ static void uclogic_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
{
struct uclogic_drvdata *drvdata = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
- timer_delete_sync(&drvdata->inrange_timer);
+ /*
+ * timer_delete_sync() does not prevent re-arming, so a pen report
+ * delivered before hid_hw_stop() kills the URBs could re-arm the
+ * timer; hid_hw_stop() then frees the hidinput pen_input and the
+ * pending timer fires on freed memory. timer_shutdown_sync() drains
+ * the callback while pen_input is still valid and permanently blocks
+ * re-arming, so an in-flight raw_event cannot revive it.
+ */
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&drvdata->inrange_timer);
hid_hw_stop(hdev);
kfree(drvdata->desc_ptr);
uclogic_params_cleanup(&drvdata->params);
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-13 21:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-13 21:59 Doruk Tan Ozturk [this message]
2026-07-13 21:59 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] HID: uclogic: fix desc_ptr leak in probe error path Doruk Tan Ozturk
2026-07-13 22:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-13 22:17 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] HID: uclogic: fix UAF on inrange_timer at teardown and probe error sashiko-bot
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