From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Michael Zaidman" <michael.zaidman@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/13] HID: ft260: add GPIO support on top of UART
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 21:56:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260822215609.75EBF1F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260822213941.98882-4-michael.zaidman@gmail.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 4 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] Uninitialized GPIO shadow state (`dev->gpio`) corrupts the hardware configuration of unrelated pins during updates.
- [High] Unvalidated `cfg->uart_mode` read from the device is used as an array index, leading to an out-of-bounds read.
- [Medium] Setting a GPIO direction to output introduces a hardware glitch by splitting the operation into two non-atomic USB requests.
- [Medium] Setting the UART mode to OFF unintentionally disables all non-UART GPIOs.
--
--- Patch [3]: [PATCH 03/13] HID: ft260: add GPIO support on top of UART ---
commit d5e8f3410c2633ba90471af57e3193f95d3193d4
Author: Michael Zaidman <michael.zaidman@gmail.com>
HID: ft260: add GPIO support on top of UART
Add gpiochip support for the FT260 multifunctional pins, including
GPIO2/GPIOA/GPIOG function selection via sysfs, and enable the
available GPIOs according to the active UART mode.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230211115752.26276-2-michael.zaidman@gmail.com/
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c b/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c
> index b6c408267a685..cc3b8f5791dea 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -906,6 +1023,322 @@ static const struct i2c_algorithm ft260_i2c_algo = {
> .functionality = ft260_functionality,
> };
>
> +static void ft260_gpio_en_set(struct ft260_device *dev, u16 bitmap)
> +{
> + dev->gpio_en |= bitmap & FT260_GPIO_MASK;
> +}
> +
> +static void ft260_gpio_en_clr(struct ft260_device *dev, u16 bitmap)
> +{
> + dev->gpio_en &= ~bitmap & FT260_GPIO_MASK;
> +}
> +
> +static void ft260_gpio_en_update(struct hid_device *hdev, u8 req, u8 value)
> +{
> + u16 bitmap;
> + struct ft260_device *dev = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
> +
> + switch (req) {
> +
> + case FT260_SET_I2C_MODE:
> + bitmap = FT260_GPIO_I2C_DEFAULT;
> + break;
> + case FT260_SET_UART_MODE:
> + switch (value) {
> + case FT260_UART_CFG_FLOW_CTRL_OFF:
> + bitmap = (u16)FT260_GPIO_MASK;
> + break;
[ ... ]
> + }
> + ft260_gpio_en_clr(dev, bitmap);
> + bitmap = dev->gpio_uart_mode[value];
> + ft260_gpio_en_set(dev, bitmap);
> + goto exit;
[Severity: Medium]
Does setting the UART flow control to OFF unintentionally disable all non-UART
GPIOs?
When value is FT260_UART_CFG_FLOW_CTRL_OFF (0), bitmap is set to
FT260_GPIO_MASK, which represents all 14 GPIO bits. Calling
ft260_gpio_en_clr() inadvertently clears all of these bits from dev->gpio_en.
Subsequently, only the FT260_GPIO_UART_MODE_0_SET bits are restored, which
permanently disables I2C and other multi-function GPIOs until they are
manually re-enabled.
[ ... ]
> +static int ft260_gpio_set(struct gpio_chip *gc, u32 offset, int value)
> +{
> + int ret = 0;
> + struct ft260_gpio_write_request_report rep;
> + struct ft260_device *dev = gpiochip_get_data(gc);
> + struct hid_device *hdev = dev->hdev;
> +
> + if (offset >= FT260_GPIO_TOTAL) {
> + hid_err(hdev, "%s: invalid offset %d\n", __func__, offset);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + ft260_dbg("offset %d val %d\n", offset, value);
> +
> + mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
> +
> + if (!(dev->gpio_en & (1 << offset))) {
> + hid_err(hdev, "%s: wrong pin function %d\n", __func__, offset);
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + goto exit;
> + }
> +
> + rep.report = FT260_GPIO;
> + rep.gpio = dev->gpio;
> +
> + if (offset < FT260_GPIO_MAX) {
[ ... ]
> + ret = ft260_hid_feature_report_set(hdev, (u8 *)&rep, sizeof(rep));
[Severity: High]
Does this corrupt the hardware configuration of unrelated pins?
The shadow state dev->gpio is zero-initialized via kzalloc during device
allocation and is never synced with the actual hardware state during
ft260_gpio_init(). Because the entire dev->gpio struct is written to the
device here, won't all unmodified pins be unintentionally configured to input
mode with value 0?
> + if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
> + hid_err(hdev, "%s: cannot set GPIO: %d\n", __func__, ret);
> + goto exit;
> + }
> +
> + dev->gpio = rep.gpio;
> + ret = 0;
> +exit:
> + mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static int ft260_gpio_direction_set(struct gpio_chip *gc, u32 offset,
> + int value, int direction)
> +{
> + int ret;
> + struct ft260_gpio_read_request_report buf;
> + struct ft260_gpio_write_request_report *rep;
> + struct ft260_device *dev = gpiochip_get_data(gc);
> + struct hid_device *hdev = dev->hdev;
> +
[ ... ]
> + ret = ft260_hid_feature_report_set(hdev, (u8 *)rep, sizeof(*rep));
> + if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
> + hid_err(hdev, "%s: cannot set GPIO: %d\n", __func__, ret);
> + goto exit;
> + }
> +
> + dev->gpio = rep->gpio;
> + mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> +
> + if (direction == FT260_GPIO_DIR_OUTPUT)
> + ft260_gpio_set(gc, offset, value);
[Severity: Medium]
Could this introduce a hardware glitch when changing a pin's direction to
output?
The code updates the direction bits to output without setting the corresponding
value bits, and writes this immediately to the device via
ft260_hid_feature_report_set(). Then it sends a second USB request via
ft260_gpio_set() to set the desired output value. During the window between
these two USB transfers, will the pin assert an unintended logic level?
> +
> + return 0;
> +exit:
> + mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> + return ret;
> +}
[ ... ]
> +static int ft260_gpio_init(struct ft260_device *dev,
> + struct ft260_get_system_status_report *cfg)
> +{
> + int ret;
> + int label_sz;
> + char *label;
> + struct ft260_get_chip_version_report ver;
> + struct hid_device *hdev = dev->hdev;
> + char prefix[] = "ft260_";
> + u8 mode = cfg->chip_mode;
> +
> + hid_info(hdev, "initialize gpio chip\n");
> +
> + dev->gpio_uart_mode[0] = (u16)FT260_GPIO_UART_MODE_0_SET;
> + dev->gpio_uart_mode[1] = (u16)FT260_GPIO_UART_MODE_1_SET;
> + dev->gpio_uart_mode[2] = (u16)FT260_GPIO_UART_MODE_2_SET;
> + dev->gpio_uart_mode[3] = (u16)FT260_GPIO_UART_MODE_3_SET;
> + dev->gpio_uart_mode[4] = (u16)FT260_GPIO_UART_MODE_4_SET;
> +
> + if (mode == FT260_MODE_ALL)
> + mode = FT260_MODE_BOTH;
> +
> + if (mode & FT260_MODE_UART)
> + dev->gpio_en |= dev->gpio_uart_mode[cfg->uart_mode];
[Severity: High]
Can this read out of bounds?
cfg->uart_mode is read directly from the device via a USB feature report in
ft260_get_system_config(). If a malicious or malfunctioning USB device returns
a uart_mode >= 5, won't this leak kernel heap data into dev->gpio_en or crash
since dev->gpio_uart_mode only has 5 elements?
> + else
> + dev->gpio_en |= FT260_GPIO_UART_DEFAULT;
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260822213941.98882-1-michael.zaidman@gmail.com?part=3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-22 21:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-22 21:39 [PATCH 00/13] HID: ft260: add UART and GPIO support, plus I2C fixes Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 21:39 ` [PATCH 01/13] HID: ft260: add serial driver Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 22:00 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-25 7:49 ` Linus Walleij
2026-08-25 8:12 ` Linus Walleij
2026-08-27 19:16 ` Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 21:39 ` [PATCH 02/13] HID: ft260: uart: bring-up fixes Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 21:56 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 21:39 ` [PATCH 03/13] HID: ft260: add GPIO support on top of UART Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 21:56 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-08-25 7:44 ` Linus Walleij
2026-08-27 20:39 ` Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 21:39 ` [PATCH 04/13] HID: ft260: i2c: reduce driver module loading time Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 21:51 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 21:39 ` [PATCH 05/13] HID: ft260: i2c: silence sysfs store big-numbers Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 21:51 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 21:39 ` [PATCH 06/13] HID: ft260: i2c: reduce bus-error message severity Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 21:52 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 21:39 ` [PATCH 07/13] HID: ft260: uart: enable flow control Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 21:52 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 21:39 ` [PATCH 08/13] HID: ft260: uart: add modem pins control via ioctl Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 21:54 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-25 8:08 ` Linus Walleij
2026-08-27 22:08 ` Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 21:39 ` [PATCH 09/13] HID: ft260: gpio: group sysfs attrs per HID interface Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 21:54 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-25 8:13 ` Linus Walleij
2026-08-27 20:50 ` Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 21:39 ` [PATCH 10/13] HID: ft260: uart: fix active-low RTS/CTS/DTR/DSR polarity Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 22:03 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-25 8:16 ` Linus Walleij
2026-08-27 21:08 ` Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 21:39 ` [PATCH 11/13] HID: ft260: i2c: fix large write transaction failure Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 22:02 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 21:39 ` [PATCH 12/13] HID: ft260: workaround for TN_189 errata endpoint STALL after enumeration Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 22:03 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 21:39 ` [PATCH 13/13] HID: ft260: i2c: abort in-flight transfers with STOP before reset Michael Zaidman
2026-08-22 22:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-25 8:21 ` [PATCH 00/13] HID: ft260: add UART and GPIO support, plus I2C fixes Linus Walleij
2026-08-27 13:27 ` Lee Jones
2026-08-27 18:53 ` Michael Zaidman
2026-08-27 20:51 ` Lee Jones
2026-08-27 22:25 ` Michael Zaidman
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