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From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Yibo Tan" <lhfff@tju.edu.cn>
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] HID: sensor-hub: synchronize multi-value read cancellation
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:35:38 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260910113538.AE06E1F000FF@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260910112338.4171983-1-lhfff@tju.edu.cn>

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 3 potential issue(s) to consider:

Pre-existing issues:
- [Critical] The patch fixes a missing lock race condition in `sensor_hub_input_attr_read_values` but fails to apply the same fix to `sensor_hub_input_attr_get_raw_value`, leaving an identical race condition that causes memory leaks and completion queue corruption.
- [Critical] Unvalidated access to `report->field[i]->usage` in `sensor_hub_raw_event` causes an out-of-bounds read if a field defines zero usages.
- [Critical] Missing bounds check on `ptr` against the total received `size` in `sensor_hub_raw_event` allows an out-of-bounds read of kernel memory.
--

commit c2fc661d8850deb7960ddffa43fdc7a6bea63778
Author: Yibo Tan <lhfff@tju.edu.cn>

    HID: sensor-hub: synchronize multi-value read cancellation
    
    sensor_hub_input_attr_read_values() publishes a caller-owned buffer to the
    raw-event path. If its interruptible wait times out or is interrupted, it
    clears pending.status without taking data->lock and returns.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260610083849.067A11F00893@smtp.kernel.org/

> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-sensor-hub.c b/drivers/hid/hid-sensor-hub.c
> index 6470a290ebfc5..80f18aff6f1f8 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-sensor-hub.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-sensor-hub.c
> @@ -335,7 +335,9 @@ int sensor_hub_input_attr_read_values(struct hid_sensor_hub_device *hsdev,
>  		else if (cycles < 0)
>  			ret = cycles;
>  
> +		spin_lock_irqsave(&data->lock, flags);
>  		hsdev->pending.status = false;
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&data->lock, flags);
>  	}
>  	mutex_unlock(hsdev->mutex_ptr);

[Severity: Critical]
This is a pre-existing issue, but doesn't the exact same race condition
fixed here also exist in sensor_hub_input_attr_get_raw_value() in
drivers/hid/hid-sensor-hub.c?

If the wait times out or is interrupted, the state is modified and memory
freed without holding data->lock:

drivers/hid/hid-sensor-hub.c:sensor_hub_input_attr_get_raw_value() {
[ ... ]
		kfree(hsdev->pending.raw_data);
		hsdev->pending.status = false;
[ ... ]
}

Concurrently, sensor_hub_raw_event() can observe status == true while holding
the lock, and perform an allocation:

drivers/hid/hid-sensor-hub.c:sensor_hub_raw_event() {
[ ... ]
				hsdev->pending.raw_data = kmemdup(ptr, sz, GFP_ATOMIC);
				if (hsdev->pending.raw_data)
[ ... ]
				complete(&hsdev->pending.ready);
[ ... ]
}

Can this cause a memory leak when the dynamically allocated buffer is
stranded, and waitqueue list corruption if the waiter has already exited
and reinitialized the completion queue for a new request?

[Severity: Critical]
This is a pre-existing issue, but could sensor_hub_raw_event() in
drivers/hid/hid-sensor-hub.c unconditionally access the usage array without
validating maxusage > 0?

drivers/hid/hid-sensor-hub.c:sensor_hub_raw_event() {
[ ... ]
	for (i = 0; i < report->maxfield; ++i) {
		hid_dbg(hdev, "%d collection_index:%x hid:%x sz:%x\n",
				i, report->field[i]->usage->collection_index,
				report->field[i]->usage->hid,
[ ... ]
				report->field[i]->usage[0].collection_index,
[ ... ]
}

If a malicious USB device provides a crafted report descriptor defining a
field with zero usages, would this out-of-bounds array access to usage[0]
cause a kernel panic?

[Severity: Critical]
This is a pre-existing issue, but is it possible for sensor_hub_raw_event()
in drivers/hid/hid-sensor-hub.c to copy data from ptr without ensuring it
remains within the bounds of the total received report size?

drivers/hid/hid-sensor-hub.c:sensor_hub_raw_event() {
[ ... ]
					memcpy(hsdev->pending.raw_data + hsdev->pending.index,
					       ptr, copy_size);
[ ... ]
				hsdev->pending.raw_data = kmemdup(ptr, sz, GFP_ATOMIC);
[ ... ]
}

If a malicious device supplies a report descriptor defining large fields but
sends a truncated input report with a small size, could this read beyond the
end of the raw_data buffer and leak adjacent kernel memory?

-- 
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260910112338.4171983-1-lhfff@tju.edu.cn?part=1

  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-10 11:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-10 11:23 [PATCH v1] HID: sensor-hub: synchronize multi-value read cancellation Yibo Tan
2026-09-10 11:35 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-09-10 15:32 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-09-10 18:28 ` srinivas pandruvada
2026-09-11  5:16   ` Zhang, Lixu

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