From: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
To: lee@kernel.org, "Filipe Laíns" <lains@riseup.net>,
"Jiri Kosina" <jikos@kernel.org>,
"Benjamin Tissoires" <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>,
linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, "Benoît Sevens" <bsevens@google.com>,
"Jiri Kosina" <jkosina@suse.com>
Subject: [STABLE v6.1-v5.10 1/1] HID: logitech-hidpp: fix race condition when accessing stale stack pointer
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:16:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260922081615.821827-1-lee@kernel.org> (raw)
From: Benoît Sevens <bsevens@google.com>
commit e2aaf2d3ad92ac4a8afa6b69ad4c38e7747d3d6e upstream.
The driver uses hidpp->send_receive_buf to point to a stack-allocated
buffer in the synchronous command path (__do_hidpp_send_message_sync).
However, this pointer is not cleared when the function returns.
If an event is processed (e.g. by a different thread) while the
send_mutex is held by a new command, but before that command has
updated send_receive_buf, the handler (hidpp_raw_hidpp_event) will
observe that the mutex is locked and dereference the stale pointer.
This results in an out-of-bounds access on a different thread's kernel
stack (or a NULL pointer dereference on the very first command).
Fix this by:
1. Clearing hidpp->send_receive_buf to NULL before releasing the mutex
in the synchronous command path.
2. Moving the assignment of the local 'question' and 'answer' pointers
inside the mutex_is_locked() block in the handler, and adding
a NULL check before dereferencing.
Fixes: 2f31c5252910 ("HID: Introduce hidpp, a module to handle Logitech hid++ devices")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Benoît Sevens <bsevens@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.com>
[Lee: Clear hidpp->send_receive_buf at exit label in hidpp_send_message_sync()
as __do_hidpp_send_message_sync() was split out later in 60165ab774cb]
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
---
drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c b/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c
index c65b5f004bac..4f597804c551 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ static int hidpp_send_message_sync(struct hidpp_device *hidpp,
}
exit:
+ hidpp->send_receive_buf = NULL;
mutex_unlock(&hidpp->send_mutex);
return ret;
@@ -3621,8 +3622,7 @@ static int hidpp_input_configured(struct hid_device *hdev,
static int hidpp_raw_hidpp_event(struct hidpp_device *hidpp, u8 *data,
int size)
{
- struct hidpp_report *question = hidpp->send_receive_buf;
- struct hidpp_report *answer = hidpp->send_receive_buf;
+ struct hidpp_report *question, *answer;
struct hidpp_report *report = (struct hidpp_report *)data;
int ret;
@@ -3631,6 +3631,12 @@ static int hidpp_raw_hidpp_event(struct hidpp_device *hidpp, u8 *data,
* previously sent command.
*/
if (unlikely(mutex_is_locked(&hidpp->send_mutex))) {
+ question = hidpp->send_receive_buf;
+ answer = hidpp->send_receive_buf;
+
+ if (!question)
+ return 0;
+
/*
* Check for a correct hidpp20 answer or the corresponding
* error
--
2.55.0.1082.g2b9226bbc0-goog
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