From: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Cc: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>,
linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Ted Mielczarek <ted@mielczarek.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Input: xpad: validate Xbox One report lengths
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:34:24 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260715083424.25944-1-pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn> (raw)
xpadone_process_packet() receives a 64-byte USB buffer, but only
urb->actual_length belongs to the current report. The function still reads
fixed offsets for virtual-key, firmware, input, profile, and paddle layouts
without proving that the report reaches those offsets.
Ignore malformed short reports before consuming mandatory fields, and skip
optional profile or paddle fields when their layout-specific minimum length
is absent. This preserves processing of the validated common input prefix
while avoiding reads of bytes outside the current USB item.
Fixes: 1a48ff81b391 ("Input: xpad - add support for Xbox One controllers")
Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>
---
drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c b/drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c
index feb8f368f834..9a32e7eb464d 100644
--- a/drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c
+++ b/drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c
@@ -1035,8 +1035,19 @@ static void xpadone_process_packet(struct usb_xpad *xpad, u16 cmd, unsigned char
struct input_dev *dev = xpad->dev;
bool do_sync = false;
+ /*
+ * The interrupt buffer has room for XPAD_PKT_LEN bytes, but only
+ * urb->actual_length belongs to this report. Do not interpret bytes
+ * left over from an earlier, longer report as fields of this one.
+ */
+ if (!len)
+ return;
+
/* the xbox button has its own special report */
if (data[0] == GIP_CMD_VIRTUAL_KEY) {
+ if (len < 5)
+ return;
+
/*
* The Xbox One S controller requires these reports to be
* acked otherwise it continues sending them forever and
@@ -1052,6 +1063,9 @@ static void xpadone_process_packet(struct usb_xpad *xpad, u16 cmd, unsigned char
} else if (data[0] == GIP_CMD_FIRMWARE) {
/* Some packet formats force us to use this separate to poll paddle inputs */
if (xpad->packet_type == PKT_XBE2_FW_5_11) {
+ if (len < 20)
+ return;
+
/* Mute paddles if controller is in a custom profile slot
* Checked by looking at the active profile slot to
* verify it's the default slot
@@ -1079,6 +1093,9 @@ static void xpadone_process_packet(struct usb_xpad *xpad, u16 cmd, unsigned char
error);
}
} else if (data[0] == GIP_CMD_INPUT) { /* The main valid packet type for inputs */
+ if (len < 18)
+ return;
+
/* menu/view buttons */
input_report_key(dev, BTN_START, data[4] & BIT(2));
input_report_key(dev, BTN_SELECT, data[4] & BIT(3));
@@ -1145,13 +1162,16 @@ static void xpadone_process_packet(struct usb_xpad *xpad, u16 cmd, unsigned char
}
/* Profile button has a value of 0-3, so it is reported as an axis */
- if (xpad->mapping & MAP_PROFILE_BUTTON)
+ if ((xpad->mapping & MAP_PROFILE_BUTTON) && len >= 35)
input_report_abs(dev, ABS_PROFILE, data[34]);
/* paddle handling */
/* based on SDL's SDL_hidapi_xboxone.c */
if (xpad->mapping & MAP_PADDLES) {
if (xpad->packet_type == PKT_XBE1) {
+ if (len < 33)
+ goto input_done;
+
/* Mute paddles if controller has a custom mapping applied.
* Checked by comparing the current mapping
* config against the factory mapping config
@@ -1165,6 +1185,9 @@ static void xpadone_process_packet(struct usb_xpad *xpad, u16 cmd, unsigned char
input_report_key(dev, BTN_GRIPL, data[32] & BIT(0));
input_report_key(dev, BTN_GRIPL2, data[32] & BIT(2));
} else if (xpad->packet_type == PKT_XBE2_FW_OLD) {
+ if (len < 20)
+ goto input_done;
+
/* Mute paddles if controller has a custom mapping applied.
* Checked by comparing the current mapping
* config against the factory mapping config
@@ -1178,6 +1201,9 @@ static void xpadone_process_packet(struct usb_xpad *xpad, u16 cmd, unsigned char
input_report_key(dev, BTN_GRIPL, data[18] & BIT(2));
input_report_key(dev, BTN_GRIPL2, data[18] & BIT(3));
} else if (xpad->packet_type == PKT_XBE2_FW_5_EARLY) {
+ if (len < 24)
+ goto input_done;
+
/* Mute paddles if controller has a custom mapping applied.
* Checked by comparing the current mapping
* config against the factory mapping config
@@ -1195,6 +1221,7 @@ static void xpadone_process_packet(struct usb_xpad *xpad, u16 cmd, unsigned char
}
}
+input_done:
do_sync = true;
}
--
2.43.0
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