FAILED: patch "[PATCH] HID: mcp2221: clear rxbuf after I2C/SMBus transfer completes" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.1.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x db2333f88729c8aae062cb171ed058725ff5c901
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026090357-reference-varied-a710@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From db2333f88729c8aae062cb171ed058725ff5c901 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jiangshan Yi <yijiangshan@kylinos.cn>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:14:41 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] HID: mcp2221: clear rxbuf after I2C/SMBus transfer completes

mcp_i2c_smbus_read() stores the caller-supplied buffer pointer in
mcp->rxbuf for the duration of a transfer but never clears it when the
transfer finishes or times out. Once the caller frees or reuses the
buffer, mcp->rxbuf becomes a dangling pointer. A delayed or spurious
MCP2221_I2C_GET_DATA report can then drive mcp2221_raw_event() to
memcpy device data into the freed memory, causing a write
use-after-free.

Route all return paths through a single exit point that clears
mcp->rxbuf and mcp->rxbuf_size, so that the existing !mcp->rxbuf guard
in the raw_event handler can reject any report arriving after the
transfer has ended.

Fixes: 67a95c21463d ("HID: mcp2221: add usb to i2c-smbus host bridge")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jiangshan Yi <yijiangshan@kylinos.cn>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.com>

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-mcp2221.c b/drivers/hid/hid-mcp2221.c
index 5c7fc56c7c67..9e03d1f733ff 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-mcp2221.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-mcp2221.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static int mcp_i2c_smbus_read(struct mcp2221 *mcp,
 
 	ret = mcp_send_data_req_status(mcp, mcp->txbuf, 4);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 
 	mcp->rxbuf_idx = 0;
 
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static int mcp_i2c_smbus_read(struct mcp2221 *mcp,
 			} else {
 				usleep_range(980, 1000);
 				mcp_cancel_last_cmd(mcp);
-				return ret;
+				goto out;
 			}
 		} else {
 			retries = 0;
@@ -375,6 +375,10 @@ static int mcp_i2c_smbus_read(struct mcp2221 *mcp,
 	usleep_range(980, 1000);
 	ret = mcp_chk_last_cmd_status_free_bus(mcp);
 
+out:
+	mcp->rxbuf = NULL;
+	mcp->rxbuf_size = 0;
+
 	return ret;
 }