From: syzbot <syzbot+34957180b0ed2581edaf@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in v4l2_release (3)
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:26:02 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6aab41aa.b398a7c9.1f86be.0003.GAE@google.com> (raw)
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Subject: [PATCH] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in v4l2_release (3)
Author: jchuang26@m.fudan.edu.cn
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
Reported-by: syzbot+34957180b0ed2581edaf@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
index 09d8c5f8d..39166161d 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
@@ -647,6 +647,25 @@ static int sur40_input_setup_events(struct input_dev *input_dev)
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * Release the sur40 state once the last reference to the video device is
+ * gone. The video_device is embedded in sur40, so sur40 must not be freed
+ * while an open file descriptor can still reach it (e.g. from the v4l2 core
+ * release path). sur40_disconnect() only drops the reference taken by
+ * v4l2_device_register(), which frees sur40 right away if nothing is open
+ * or defers it to this callback until the last user closes the device.
+ */
+static void sur40_release(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
+{
+ struct sur40_state *sur40 =
+ container_of(v4l2_dev, struct sur40_state, v4l2);
+
+ v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&sur40->hdl);
+ v4l2_device_unregister(&sur40->v4l2);
+ kfree(sur40->bulk_in_buffer);
+ kfree(sur40);
+}
+
/* Check candidate USB interface. */
static int sur40_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
const struct usb_device_id *id)
@@ -726,6 +745,7 @@ static int sur40_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
}
/* register the video master device */
+ sur40->v4l2.release = sur40_release;
snprintf(sur40->v4l2.name, sizeof(sur40->v4l2.name), "%s", DRIVER_LONG);
error = v4l2_device_register(sur40->dev, &sur40->v4l2);
if (error) {
@@ -827,14 +847,18 @@ static void sur40_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)
input_unregister_device(sur40->input);
- v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&sur40->hdl);
+ v4l2_device_disconnect(&sur40->v4l2);
video_unregister_device(&sur40->vdev);
- v4l2_device_unregister(&sur40->v4l2);
-
- kfree(sur40->bulk_in_buffer);
- kfree(sur40);
usb_set_intfdata(interface, NULL);
+
+ /*
+ * Drop the reference taken by v4l2_device_register(). The state is
+ * only freed from sur40_release() once the last video device user is
+ * gone, so an open device node cannot use the freed memory.
+ */
+ v4l2_device_put(&sur40->v4l2);
+
dev_dbg(&interface->dev, "%s is now disconnected\n", DRIVER_DESC);
}
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-17 1:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-11 16:15 [syzbot] [media?] " syzbot
2026-09-12 1:03 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] Input: sur40 - fix use-after-free in v4l2_release on disconnect syzbot
2026-09-14 11:46 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in v4l2_release (3) syzbot
2026-09-15 1:38 ` syzbot
2026-09-17 1:26 ` syzbot [this message]
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