From: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
To: dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com
Cc: kees@kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>,
syzbot+683f6c071b5abfc266c1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] Input: sur40 - fix use-after-free in sur40_open()
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 13:30:18 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260806080018.10050-1-kartikey406@gmail.com> (raw)
If any of the registration steps after input_register_device() fail
(v4l2_device_register(), vb2_queue_init(), ctrl handler setup,
video_register_device()), the error path frees sur40 via
input_free_device() + kfree() without ever calling
input_unregister_device(). Since the input device was already
registered, it remains live and openable, so a racing open() (e.g.
from udevd) can dereference the freed sur40 via sur40_open().
Split the unwind so that once input_register_device() has succeeded,
the failure path properly calls input_unregister_device() before
freeing sur40 and its buffer.
Fixes: 08b936012964 ("Input: sur40 - switch to using polled mode of input devices")
Reported-by: syzbot+683f6c071b5abfc266c1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=683f6c071b5abfc266c1
Tested-by: syzbot+683f6c071b5abfc266c1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
index fe63d53d56db..b0958422ff76 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
@@ -808,6 +808,10 @@ static int sur40_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
video_unregister_device(&sur40->vdev);
err_unreg_v4l2:
v4l2_device_unregister(&sur40->v4l2);
+ input_unregister_device(input);
+ kfree(sur40->bulk_in_buffer);
+ kfree(sur40);
+ return error;
err_free_buffer:
kfree(sur40->bulk_in_buffer);
err_free_input:
--
2.34.1
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