[PATCH] hwmon: prevent packets from going to driver for probe

Edward Adam Davis
2026-04-28T04:12:34Z

A race condition exists between hid_input_report() and the point
immediately following the execution of hid_device_io_start() within
corsairpsu_probe(). If the probe operation fails after "io start" has
been initiated, this race condition will result in a uaf vulnerability
[1].

CPU0 CPU1
==== ====
corsairpsu_probe()
hid_device_io_start()
... unlock driver_input_lock
hid_hw_stop()
kfree(hidraw) __hid_input_report()
... acquire driver_input_lock
hid_report_raw_event()
hidraw_report_event()
... access hidraw's list_lock // trigger uaf

Consequently, when corsairpsu_probe() fails and hid_hw_stop() needs to
be executed, the io_started flag is first cleared while holding the
driver_input_lock to prevent potential race conditions involving input
reports.

[1]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rt_spin_lock+0x83/0x400 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:56
Call Trace:
hidraw_report_event+0x5d/0x3a0 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:577
hid_report_raw_event+0x311/0x1730 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2076
__hid_input_report drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2152 [inline]
hid_input_report+0x44e/0x580 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2174
hid_irq_in+0x47e/0x6d0 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:286
__usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x3b3/0x5e0 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1657
dummy_timer+0x8a9/0x47d0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:2005

Allocated by task 10:
hidraw_connect+0x57/0x430 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:606
hid_connect+0x5bf/0x19d0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2277
hid_hw_start+0xa8/0x120 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2387
corsairpsu_probe+0xd9/0x3c0 drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c:782

Freed by task 10:
hidraw_disconnect+0x4f/0x60 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:662
hid_disconnect drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2362 [inline]
hid_hw_stop+0x101/0x1e0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2407
corsairpsu_probe+0x327/0x3c0 drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c:826

Fixes: d115b51e0e56 ("hwmon: add Corsair PSU HID controller driver")
Reported-by: syzbot+9eebf5f6544c5e873858@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9eebf5f6544c5e873858
Tested-by: syzbot+9eebf5f6544c5e873858@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@qq.com>
---
drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c b/drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c
index dddbd2463f8d..4e766bf32189 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c
@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ static int corsairpsu_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id
fail_and_close:
hid_hw_close(hdev);
fail_and_stop:
+ hid_device_io_stop(hdev);
hid_hw_stop(hdev);
return ret;
}
--
2.43.0