From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Shen Yongchao" <grayhat@foxmail.com>
Cc: dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: bpf: serialize device reference release in struct_ops destroy path
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:49:58 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260803145000.E44E91F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tencent_6C4272FCE4F12C891C300445A9D8E6C68C0A@qq.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider:
Pre-existing issues:
- [High] Time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race leading to a Use-After-Free of `hdev` during lock acquisition.
- [High] Early return bypasses `list_del_rcu()` and `synchronize_srcu()`, leaving a freed BPF ops object in the device's active program list.
--
--- Patch [1]: [PATCH] HID: bpf: serialize device reference release in struct_ops destroy path ---
commit cfdd4ce27d8a975674b1f3418e6b5078b5d94946
Author: Shen Yongchao <grayhat@foxmail.com>
Subject: HID: bpf: serialize device reference release in struct_ops destroy path
This patch aims to fix a double-put race condition in the HID BPF struct_ops
destroy and unreg paths. It serializes the remove/NULL decision under
hdev->bpf.prog_list_lock to ensure exactly one path releases the device
reference.
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/bpf/hid_bpf_struct_ops.c b/drivers/hid/bpf/hid_bpf_struct_ops.c
> index 702c22fae136a..049df06477610 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/bpf/hid_bpf_struct_ops.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/bpf/hid_bpf_struct_ops.c
> @@ -250,6 +250,11 @@ static void hid_bpf_unreg(void *kdata, struct bpf_link *link)
>
> mutex_lock(&hdev->bpf.prog_list_lock);
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but is it possible for hdev to be completely
freed between being read from ops->hdev and used here in mutex_lock()?
If hid_bpf_unreg() reads hdev = ops->hdev and is then preempted, could
__hid_bpf_ops_destroy_device() execute concurrently, clear ops->hdev, and
drop the registration's device reference via hid_put_device(hdev)?
If that was the final reference, the device could be freed, leading to a
use-after-free when the unreg thread resumes and attempts to lock
&hdev->bpf.prog_list_lock.
> + if (!ops->hdev) {
> + mutex_unlock(&hdev->bpf.prog_list_lock);
> + return;
> + }
> +
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but does this early return safely handle list
cleanup?
In __hid_bpf_ops_destroy_device(), e->hdev = NULL is set, but the node is
intentionally left linked in hdev->bpf.prog_list.
If hid_bpf_unreg() runs, sees !ops->hdev under the lock, and returns early
here, it entirely bypasses list_del_rcu(&ops->list) and
synchronize_srcu(&hdev->bpf.srcu).
Since the BPF framework will subsequently free the ops map memory, wouldn't
this leave a freed object in hdev->bpf.prog_list?
If a driver .remove callback then triggers hid_bpf_hw_request() (for example,
to turn off LEDs), it would traverse the list under SRCU and access the freed
ops object.
> list_del_rcu(&ops->list);
[ ... ]
> @@ -310,13 +315,17 @@ static struct bpf_struct_ops bpf_hid_bpf_ops = {
> void __hid_bpf_ops_destroy_device(struct hid_device *hdev)
> {
> struct hid_bpf_ops *e;
> + int count = 0;
>
> - rcu_read_lock();
> - list_for_each_entry_rcu(e, &hdev->bpf.prog_list, list) {
> - hid_put_device(hdev);
> + mutex_lock(&hdev->bpf.prog_list_lock);
> + list_for_each_entry(e, &hdev->bpf.prog_list, list) {
> e->hdev = NULL;
> + count++;
> }
> - rcu_read_unlock();
> + mutex_unlock(&hdev->bpf.prog_list_lock);
> +
> + while (count--)
> + hid_put_device(hdev);
> }
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/tencent_6C4272FCE4F12C891C300445A9D8E6C68C0A@qq.com?part=1
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