From: Taylor Hewetson <taylor@exponent.digital>
To: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>, Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Taylor Hewetson <taylor@exponent.digital>
Subject: [PATCH] HID: usbhid: sanitize hid->uniq against non-printable bytes
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:58:23 +1200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260418025823.21767-1-taylor@exponent.digital> (raw)
Some USB HID devices (observed on ASUS ROG Azoth via its 2.4GHz
dongle, USB ID 0b05:1a85) report an iSerialNumber string whose
USB string descriptor declares a longer length than the actual
serial, leaving uninitialized firmware memory - including control
characters such as 0x18 - appended to the returned string.
These non-printable bytes propagate into hid->uniq, which in turn
populates /sys/class/input/inputN/uniq. Downstream userspace
components (systemd sd-device property_is_valid(), and by extension
mutter input enumeration on GNOME Wayland sessions) reject devices
with control characters in their uniq, rendering otherwise-
functional input devices unusable in graphical sessions despite
the kernel input layer correctly translating keypresses.
Truncate hid->uniq at the first byte outside the printable ASCII
range (0x20..0x7e) after the serial is read.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Hewetson <taylor@exponent.digital>
---
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
@@ -1427,8 +1427,17 @@
snprintf(hid->phys + len, sizeof(hid->phys) - len,
"%d", intf->altsetting[0].desc.bInterfaceNumber);
- if (usb_string(dev, dev->descriptor.iSerialNumber, hid->uniq, 64) <= 0)
+ if (usb_string(dev, dev->descriptor.iSerialNumber, hid->uniq, 64) <= 0) {
hid->uniq[0] = 0;
+ } else {
+ size_t i;
+ for (i = 0; i < sizeof(hid->uniq) && hid->uniq[i]; i++) {
+ if (hid->uniq[i] < 0x20 || hid->uniq[i] > 0x7e) {
+ hid->uniq[i] = 0;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ }
usbhid = kzalloc(sizeof(*usbhid), GFP_KERNEL);
if (usbhid == NULL) {
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-18 2:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-18 2:58 Taylor Hewetson [this message]
2026-04-18 7:14 ` [PATCH] HID: usbhid: sanitize hid->uniq against non-printable bytes Greg KH
2026-04-18 19:08 ` USB: core: sanitize string descriptors against C0 control characters Taylor Hewetson
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