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* [PATCH] HID: saitek: don't dereference a NULL hidinput in saitek_event()
@ 2026-10-15 14:34 Nguyen Ngoc Thang
  2026-10-15 14:45 ` sashiko-bot
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Nguyen Ngoc Thang @ 2026-10-15 14:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jiri Kosina, Benjamin Tissoires
  Cc: linux-input, linux-kernel, Harald Brinkmann, Nguyen Ngoc Thang,
	syzbot+eba2b3201bd25a97cddf, stable

hid_process_event() calls the driver's ->event() for every usage of a
report, including fields that hidinput did not map to any input device,
e.g. a constant input item. For those fields field->hidinput is NULL,
and saitek_event() loads field->hidinput->input unconditionally:

  KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000018-0x000000000000001f]
  RIP: 0010:saitek_event+0x51/0x2b0 drivers/hid/hid-saitek.c:154
   hid_process_event drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1572
   hid_report_raw_event drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2109
   hid_input_report drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2180
   hid_irq_in drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c

A device that claims to be a Saitek MMO7 and uses such a descriptor
triggers it with a single input report.

Bail out early when the field has no input device, as the other HID
drivers implementing ->event() already do.

Fixes: 37c492c8f6a9 ("HID: quirk for Saitek RAT7 and MMO7 mices' mode button")
Reported-by: syzbot+eba2b3201bd25a97cddf@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=eba2b3201bd25a97cddf
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Nguyen Ngoc Thang <ngocthang2710.1999@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/hid/hid-saitek.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-saitek.c b/drivers/hid/hid-saitek.c
index 6fe7c087c594..2a9e07a4fc77 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-saitek.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-saitek.c
@@ -151,7 +151,12 @@ static int saitek_event(struct hid_device *hdev, struct hid_field *field,
 		struct hid_usage *usage, __s32 value)
 {
 	struct saitek_sc *ssc = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
-	struct input_dev *input = field->hidinput->input;
+	struct input_dev *input;
+
+	if (!field->hidinput)
+		return 0;
+
+	input = field->hidinput->input;
 
 	if (usage->type == EV_KEY && value &&
 			(((ssc->quirks & SAITEK_RELEASE_MODE_RAT7) &&
-- 
2.43.0


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* Re: [PATCH] HID: saitek: don't dereference a NULL hidinput in saitek_event()
  2026-10-15 14:34 [PATCH] HID: saitek: don't dereference a NULL hidinput in saitek_event() Nguyen Ngoc Thang
@ 2026-10-15 14:45 ` sashiko-bot
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: sashiko-bot @ 2026-10-15 14:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Nguyen Ngoc Thang; +Cc: linux-input, dmitry.torokhov

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] hid: UAF in saitek_event() due to dangling field->hidinput on init failure
--

commit c05cbb2256bb191c18315a19fe3d041ae082e349
Author: Nguyen Ngoc Thang <ngocthang2710.1999@gmail.com>

    HID: saitek: don't dereference a NULL hidinput in saitek_event()

    hid_process_event() calls the driver's ->event() for every usage of a
    report, including fields that hidinput did not map to any input device,
    e.g. a constant input item. For those fields field->hidinput is NULL,
    and saitek_event() loads field->hidinput->input unconditionally:

Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=eba2b3201bd25a97cddf

> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-saitek.c b/drivers/hid/hid-saitek.c
> index 6fe7c087c594e..2a9e07a4fc77f 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-saitek.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-saitek.c
> @@ -151,7 +151,12 @@ static int saitek_event(struct hid_device *hdev, struct hid_field *field,
>  		struct hid_usage *usage, __s32 value)
>  {
>  	struct saitek_sc *ssc = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
> -	struct input_dev *input = field->hidinput->input;
> +	struct input_dev *input;
> +
> +	if (!field->hidinput)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	input = field->hidinput->input;

[Severity: High]
Can this still cause a use-after-free if hidinput_connect() fails during
probe?

If hidinput_connect() fails (for example, if input_register_device() fails),
it calls hidinput_disconnect() which frees the hid_input structures:

drivers/hid/hid-input.c:hidinput_disconnect() {
    ...
	list_for_each_entry_safe(hidinput, next, &hid->inputs, list) {
		list_del(&hidinput->list);
		...
		kfree(hidinput);
	}
    ...
}

However, it does not clear the field->hidinput pointers in the report fields.

Because the Saitek driver defines a ->raw_event callback, hid_connect()
tolerates the input connection failure and returns success. The probe sequence
completes successfully and the device becomes active.

When a report arrives, __hid_input_report() processes it and calls the driver's
->event() callback (saitek_event). The newly added check if (!field->hidinput)
will evaluate to false because the pointer is non-NULL but dangling, leading
to a use-after-free when field->hidinput->input is dereferenced.

-- 
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261015143433.129525-1-ngocthang2710.1999@gmail.com?part=1

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