From: syzbot <syzbot+9eebf5f6544c5e873858@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
To: kernel@phwe.de
Cc: kernel@phwe.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [input?] [usb?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in hidraw_report_event
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 05:52:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6a0c5d0c.050a0220.3d78ee.00dd.GAE@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260519125202.34382-1-kernel@phwe.de>
> #syz test
This crash does not have a reproducer. I cannot test it.
>
> Quiesce HID input in hid_hw_stop() when io_started is true, so that
> hidraw_report_event() cannot race with the upcoming hid_disconnect()
> that frees the hidraw object.
>
> This is a centralized variant of Edward Adam Davis's per-driver fix
> ("hwmon: prevent packets from going to driver for probe", 2026-04-28).
> Of 15 hid_device_io_start() callers in the tree, 8 lack the matching
> io_stop() before hid_hw_stop() in their error paths.
>
> ---
> drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
> index 41a79e43c82b..6b024118d983 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
> @@ -2440,9 +2440,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hid_hw_start);
> *
> * This is usually called from remove function or from probe when something
> * failed and hid_hw_start was called already.
> + *
> + * If the caller enabled HID input via hid_device_io_start() and is unwinding
> + * without an explicit hid_device_io_stop(), quiesce input first so that
> + * in-flight reports cannot reach handlers (e.g. hidraw_report_event) whose
> + * backing objects hid_disconnect() is about to free.
> */
> void hid_hw_stop(struct hid_device *hdev)
> {
> + if (hdev->io_started)
> + hid_device_io_stop(hdev);
> hid_disconnect(hdev);
> hdev->ll_driver->stop(hdev);
> }
> --
> 2.53.0
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-19 12:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-27 3:28 [syzbot] [input?] [usb?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in hidraw_report_event syzbot
2026-04-27 5:05 ` Edward Adam Davis
2026-04-27 6:03 ` syzbot
2026-04-27 9:18 ` Edward Adam Davis
2026-04-27 12:49 ` syzbot
2026-04-27 13:11 ` Edward Adam Davis
2026-04-27 14:09 ` syzbot
2026-04-27 23:21 ` Hillf Danton
2026-04-27 23:57 ` syzbot
2026-04-28 1:04 ` Edward Adam Davis
2026-04-28 4:05 ` syzbot
2026-04-28 3:51 ` Hillf Danton
2026-04-28 4:37 ` syzbot
2026-04-28 4:12 ` [PATCH] hwmon: prevent packets from going to driver for probe Edward Adam Davis
2026-04-28 8:00 ` [syzbot] [input?] [usb?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in hidraw_report_event Hillf Danton
2026-04-28 8:51 ` syzbot
2026-04-28 11:33 ` Hillf Danton
2026-04-28 12:03 ` syzbot
2026-04-28 20:27 ` Hillf Danton
2026-04-28 21:19 ` syzbot
2026-05-19 12:52 ` Philipp Weber
2026-05-19 12:52 ` syzbot [this message]
2026-05-19 13:00 ` [RFC PATCH] HID: core: quiesce input in hid_hw_stop() to prevent use-after-free Philipp Weber
2026-06-29 8:48 ` Jiri Kosina
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