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From: Ibrahim Hashimov <security@auditcode.ai>
To: jikos@kernel.org, bentiss@kernel.org
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] HID: uclogic: fix use-after-free of inrange_timer on remove
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:39:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260714173946.73773-1-security@auditcode.ai> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260713121042.2321-1-security@auditcode.ai>

uclogic_remove() cancels the pen in-range timer and then stops the
device:

	timer_delete_sync(&drvdata->inrange_timer);
	hid_hw_stop(hdev);

timer_delete_sync() only guarantees the timer is idle at that instant.
uclogic_raw_event_pen() keeps delivering pen reports until hid_hw_stop()
stops the transport several lines later, and every report with
pen->inrange == UCLOGIC_PARAMS_PEN_INRANGE_NONE re-arms the timer:

	mod_timer(&drvdata->inrange_timer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(100));

A report landing between the timer_delete_sync() call and the transport
teardown in hid_hw_stop() re-arms inrange_timer after it was cancelled.
uclogic_remove() then returns and the devm drvdata is freed, while
hid_hw_stop() has already freed the input device drvdata->pen_input
points at, so when the timer fires ~100 ms later
uclogic_inrange_timeout() dereferences freed memory -- a use-after-free
in timer-softirq context.

Swapping the two calls is not a fix: stopping the device first frees
drvdata->pen_input via hidinput_disconnect() while the timer may still
be pending, so a timer already armed before removal fires on the freed
input device in the window before timer_delete_sync() runs.

Use timer_shutdown_sync() before hid_hw_stop() instead. It cancels the
timer, waits for a running callback while pen_input is still valid, and
prevents any further re-arming -- a later mod_timer() from an in-flight
report is silently ignored -- so the timer is provably dead before
hid_hw_stop() frees the inputs. This is the ordering the timer core
documents for this "timer re-armed from another path" teardown case.

Fixes: 01309e29eb95 ("HID: uclogic: Support in-range reporting emulation")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ibrahim Hashimov <security@auditcode.ai>
Assisted-by: AuditCode-AI:2026.07
---
v2: v1 reordered hid_hw_stop() before timer_delete_sync(), which traded
    the re-arm use-after-free for one on the freed input device (thanks
    to sashiko-bot for spotting it). Keep the original order and use
    timer_shutdown_sync() to disarm the timer, which closes the re-arm
    race without ever touching pen_input after it is freed.

 drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c
index b73f09d26688..0b8a83fa6c5b 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c
@@ -548,7 +548,17 @@ static void uclogic_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
 {
 	struct uclogic_drvdata *drvdata = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
 
-	timer_delete_sync(&drvdata->inrange_timer);
+	/*
+	 * Shut the in-range timer down before stopping the device.
+	 * uclogic_raw_event_pen() re-arms inrange_timer on every pen report
+	 * and keeps running until hid_hw_stop() stops the transport, so a
+	 * plain timer_delete_sync() here can be undone by a report landing in
+	 * the window before hid_hw_stop().  timer_shutdown_sync() cancels the
+	 * timer and makes any later re-arm a no-op, so it is provably dead
+	 * before hid_hw_stop() frees the input device drvdata->pen_input
+	 * points at.
+	 */
+	timer_shutdown_sync(&drvdata->inrange_timer);
 	hid_hw_stop(hdev);
 	kfree(drvdata->desc_ptr);
 	uclogic_params_cleanup(&drvdata->params);
-- 
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-14 17:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-13 12:10 [PATCH] HID: uclogic: fix use-after-free of inrange_timer on remove Ibrahim Hashimov
2026-07-13 12:23 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 17:39 ` Ibrahim Hashimov [this message]
2026-07-14 18:10   ` [PATCH v2] " sashiko-bot

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