* [PATCH] HID: appleir: fix UAF on pending key_up_timer in remove()
@ 2026-05-15 15:34 Manish Khadka
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From: Manish Khadka @ 2026-05-15 15:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-input; +Cc: Jiri Kosina, Benjamin Tissoires, linux-kernel
appleir_remove() runs hid_hw_stop() before timer_delete_sync().
hid_hw_stop() synchronously unregisters the HID input device via
hid_disconnect() -> hidinput_disconnect() -> input_unregister_device(),
which drops the last reference and frees the underlying input_dev when
no userspace handle holds it open.
key_up_tick() reads appleir->input_dev and calls input_report_key() /
input_sync() on it. The timer is armed from appleir_raw_event() with
a HZ/8 (~125 ms) timeout on every keydown and key-repeat report. If a
key was pressed shortly before the device is disconnected, the timer
can fire after hid_hw_stop() has freed input_dev but before
timer_delete_sync() drains it:
CPU0 CPU1
appleir_raw_event()
mod_timer(...) <- timer armed for 125 ms
...
USB disconnect
appleir_remove()
hid_hw_stop()
hid_disconnect()
hidinput_disconnect()
input_unregister_device() <- input_dev freed
key_up_tick()
key_up()
input_report_key(
appleir->input_dev, ...)
^^^^^^^^^ UAF
timer_delete_sync() <- too late
A simple reorder is not sufficient. Putting timer_delete_sync() first
still leaves a window where a USB URB completion (raw_event) running
during hid_hw_stop() can call mod_timer() and re-arm the timer, which
then fires after hidinput_disconnect() has freed input_dev.
Introduce a 'removing' flag on struct appleir, gated by the existing
spinlock. appleir_remove() sets the flag under the lock and then
drains the timer; appleir_raw_event() and key_up_tick() bail out
early if the flag is set, so no path can arm or run the timer after
remove() has drained it.
The keyrepeat branch of appleir_raw_event() previously called
key_down() and mod_timer() without holding the spinlock; take it now
so the flag check is well-defined. This incidentally closes a
pre-existing read-side race on appleir->current_key in that branch.
This bug is structurally a sibling of commit 4db2af929279 ("HID:
appletb-kbd: fix UAF in inactivity-timer cleanup path") and has been
present since the driver was introduced.
Fixes: 9a4a5574ce42 ("HID: appleir: add support for Apple ir devices")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Manish Khadka <maskmemanish@gmail.com>
---
drivers/hid/hid-appleir.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-appleir.c b/drivers/hid/hid-appleir.c
index 5e8ced7bc05a..0e51f1e16653 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-appleir.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-appleir.c
@@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ struct appleir {
struct hid_device *hid;
unsigned short keymap[ARRAY_SIZE(appleir_key_table)];
struct timer_list key_up_timer; /* timer for key up */
- spinlock_t lock; /* protects .current_key */
+ spinlock_t lock; /* protects .current_key, .removing */
int current_key; /* the currently pressed key */
int prev_key_idx; /* key index in a 2 packets message */
+ bool removing; /* set during teardown; gates input_dev access */
};
static int get_key(int data)
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ static void key_up_tick(struct timer_list *t)
unsigned long flags;
spin_lock_irqsave(&appleir->lock, flags);
- if (appleir->current_key) {
+ if (!appleir->removing && appleir->current_key) {
key_up(hid, appleir, appleir->current_key);
appleir->current_key = 0;
}
@@ -195,6 +196,10 @@ static int appleir_raw_event(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_report *report,
int index;
spin_lock_irqsave(&appleir->lock, flags);
+ if (appleir->removing) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&appleir->lock, flags);
+ goto out;
+ }
/*
* If we already have a key down, take it up before marking
* this one down
@@ -229,12 +234,17 @@ static int appleir_raw_event(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_report *report,
appleir->prev_key_idx = 0;
if (!memcmp(data, keyrepeat, sizeof(keyrepeat))) {
- key_down(hid, appleir, appleir->current_key);
- /*
- * Remote doesn't do key up, either pull them up, in the test
- * above, or here set a timer which pulls them up after 1/8 s
- */
- mod_timer(&appleir->key_up_timer, jiffies + HZ / 8);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&appleir->lock, flags);
+ if (!appleir->removing) {
+ key_down(hid, appleir, appleir->current_key);
+ /*
+ * Remote doesn't do key up, either pull them up, in
+ * the test above, or here set a timer which pulls them
+ * up after 1/8 s
+ */
+ mod_timer(&appleir->key_up_timer, jiffies + HZ / 8);
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&appleir->lock, flags);
goto out;
}
@@ -318,8 +328,20 @@ static int appleir_probe(struct hid_device *hid, const struct hid_device_id *id)
static void appleir_remove(struct hid_device *hid)
{
struct appleir *appleir = hid_get_drvdata(hid);
- hid_hw_stop(hid);
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ /*
+ * Mark the driver as tearing down so that any concurrent raw_event
+ * (e.g. from a USB URB completion that hid_hw_stop() has not yet
+ * killed) and the key_up_timer softirq stop touching input_dev
+ * before hid_hw_stop() frees it via hidinput_disconnect().
+ */
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&appleir->lock, flags);
+ appleir->removing = true;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&appleir->lock, flags);
+
timer_delete_sync(&appleir->key_up_timer);
+ hid_hw_stop(hid);
}
static const struct hid_device_id appleir_devices[] = {
--
2.43.0
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