* [PATCH] HID: uclogic: fix UAF on inrange_timer at driver unbind
@ 2026-07-11 7:30 Doruk Tan Ozturk
2026-07-11 8:03 ` [PATCH v2] HID: uclogic: fix UAF on inrange_timer at teardown and probe error Doruk Tan Ozturk
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Doruk Tan Ozturk @ 2026-07-11 7:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jikos, bentiss
Cc: spbnick, linux-input, linux-kernel, stable, Doruk Tan Ozturk
uclogic_remove() drained the in-range emulation timer before calling
hid_hw_stop():
timer_delete_sync(&drvdata->inrange_timer);
hid_hw_stop(hdev);
The timer is re-armed from uclogic_raw_event_pen() with a 100 ms
timeout on every pen-in-range report via mod_timer(), and its callback
uclogic_inrange_timeout() dereferences drvdata to deliver a synthetic
BTN_TOOL_PEN release.
drvdata is allocated with devm_kzalloc(), so the HID core devm cleanup
frees it once uclogic_remove() returns. Because the timer is drained
before hid_hw_stop(), a pen report still completing inside
hid_hw_stop() can reach uclogic_raw_event_pen() and re-arm the timer
after the drain. devm then frees drvdata and the re-armed timer fires
on freed memory, a UAF read in uclogic_inrange_timeout(). This is a
disconnect race (USB unplug or rmmod).
Fix by mirroring the letsketch fix: call hid_hw_stop() first, which
synchronously kills the URBs that deliver raw_event(), so once it
returns no path can re-arm the timer. timer_shutdown_sync() then
drains any in-flight callback and permanently disables further
mod_timer() calls.
Found by 0sec (https://0sec.ai) using automated source analysis, as an
incomplete-fix twin of commit 46c8beeccd8a ("HID: letsketch: fix UAF on
inrange_timer at driver unbind"); not runtime-reproduced.
Fixes: 01309e29eb95 ("HID: uclogic: Support in-range reporting emulation")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: 0sec:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@0sec.ai>
---
drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c
index b73f09d26688..c440013a609f 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c
@@ -548,8 +548,8 @@ static void uclogic_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
{
struct uclogic_drvdata *drvdata = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
- timer_delete_sync(&drvdata->inrange_timer);
hid_hw_stop(hdev);
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&drvdata->inrange_timer);
kfree(drvdata->desc_ptr);
uclogic_params_cleanup(&drvdata->params);
}
--
2.43.0
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* [PATCH v2] HID: uclogic: fix UAF on inrange_timer at teardown and probe error
2026-07-11 7:30 [PATCH] HID: uclogic: fix UAF on inrange_timer at driver unbind Doruk Tan Ozturk
@ 2026-07-11 8:03 ` Doruk Tan Ozturk
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Doruk Tan Ozturk @ 2026-07-11 8:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jikos, bentiss
Cc: spbnick, linux-input, linux-kernel, stable, Doruk Tan Ozturk
uclogic_probe() arms a per-device timer whose callback
uclogic_inrange_timeout() dereferences drvdata->pen_input, and
uclogic_raw_event_pen() re-arms it with a 100 ms timeout on every
in-range pen report.
uclogic_remove() drained the timer with timer_delete_sync() before
hid_hw_stop(). timer_delete_sync() does not block re-arming: a pen
report delivered before hid_hw_stop() kills the URBs can re-arm the timer
after it was drained. hid_hw_stop() then frees the hidinput pen_input
(via hidinput_disconnect() -> input_unregister_device()), and the pending
timer fires on freed memory.
Use timer_shutdown_sync() instead, still before hid_hw_stop(). It drains
the callback while pen_input is still valid and permanently blocks
re-arming, so an in-flight raw_event cannot revive the timer; hid_hw_stop()
then frees pen_input with the timer already dead.
The probe error path had the same exposure: if hid_hw_start() started I/O
and then failed, raw_event may have armed the timer, which would fire on
the devm-freed drvdata after probe returns. Shut the timer down there too.
Unlike letsketch, whose input devices are devm-allocated and outlive
hid_hw_stop(), uclogic's pen_input is freed inside hid_hw_stop(), so the
timer must be shut down before it rather than after.
Found by 0sec (https://0sec.ai) using automated source analysis; not
runtime-reproduced.
Fixes: 01309e29eb95 ("HID: uclogic: Support in-range reporting emulation")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: 0sec:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@0sec.ai>
---
v2:
- Shut the timer down *before* hid_hw_stop() rather than after. v1
mirrored the letsketch ordering (hid_hw_stop() first), but uclogic's
pen_input is the hidinput device freed inside hid_hw_stop(), not a
devm device that outlives it as in letsketch. A timer armed just
before the URBs are killed could still fire on the freed pen_input in
the window before timer_shutdown_sync() drained it. Running
timer_shutdown_sync() before hid_hw_stop() drains the callback while
pen_input is still valid and blocks re-arming, closing that window.
- Also shut the timer down on the probe error path.
drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c
index b73f09d26688..d74f98efa879 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c
@@ -267,6 +267,13 @@ static int uclogic_probe(struct hid_device *hdev,
/* Assume "remove" might not be called if "probe" failed */
if (params_initialized)
uclogic_params_cleanup(&drvdata->params);
+ /*
+ * If hid_hw_start() started I/O and then failed, raw_event may have
+ * armed the timer; shut it down so it cannot fire on the devm-freed
+ * drvdata after probe returns.
+ */
+ if (drvdata)
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&drvdata->inrange_timer);
return rc;
}
@@ -548,7 +555,15 @@ static void uclogic_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
{
struct uclogic_drvdata *drvdata = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
- timer_delete_sync(&drvdata->inrange_timer);
+ /*
+ * timer_delete_sync() does not prevent re-arming, so a pen report
+ * delivered before hid_hw_stop() kills the URBs could re-arm the
+ * timer; hid_hw_stop() then frees the hidinput pen_input and the
+ * pending timer fires on freed memory. timer_shutdown_sync() drains
+ * the callback while pen_input is still valid and permanently blocks
+ * re-arming, so an in-flight raw_event cannot revive it.
+ */
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&drvdata->inrange_timer);
hid_hw_stop(hdev);
kfree(drvdata->desc_ptr);
uclogic_params_cleanup(&drvdata->params);
--
2.43.0
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