From: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
To: Linkai Gong <gonglinkai@kylinos.cn>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Michael Zimmermann <sigmaepsilon92@gmail.com>,
Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>,
John Keeping <jkeeping@inmusicbrands.com>,
William Wu <william.wu@rock-chips.com>,
Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>,
Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
Chris Wulff <Chris.Wulff@biamp.com>,
David Sands <david.sands@biamp.com>,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: f_hid: do not copy_from_user() under a spinlock
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:39:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o6f19m3r.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260817061141.82597-1-gonglinkai@kylinos.cn> (Linkai Gong's message of "Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:11:41 +0800")
>>>>> "Linkai" == Linkai Gong <gonglinkai@kylinos.cn> writes:
> f_hidg_get_report() already copied the report from userspace into a
> new entry, then called copy_from_user() again under
> get_report_spinlock. That can fault and sleep in atomic context.
> Update the existing entry with memcpy() from the copy already taken.
> Fixes: a139c98f760e ("USB: gadget: f_hid: Add GET_REPORT via userspace IOCTL")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Linkai Gong <gonglinkai@kylinos.cn>
Acked-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
> ---
> drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_hid.c | 11 +++--------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_hid.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_hid.c
> index 3c6b43d06a6d..e4621e5a0b69 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_hid.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_hid.c
> @@ -667,14 +667,9 @@ static int f_hidg_get_report(struct file *file, struct usb_hidg_report __user *b
> ptr = f_hidg_search_for_report(hidg, report_id);
> if (ptr) {
> - /* Report already exists in list - update it */
> - if (copy_from_user(&ptr->report_data, buffer,
> - sizeof(struct usb_hidg_report))) {
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hidg->get_report_spinlock, flags);
> - ERROR(cdev, "copy_from_user error\n");
> - kfree(entry);
> - return -EINVAL;
> - }
> + /* Report already exists; data was copied before taking the lock. */
> + memcpy(&ptr->report_data, &entry->report_data,
> + sizeof(struct usb_hidg_report));
> kfree(entry);
> } else {
> /* Report does not exist in list - add it */
> --
> 2.25.1
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-17 8:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-17 6:11 Linkai Gong
2026-08-17 8:39 ` Peter Korsgaard [this message]
2026-08-17 14:46 ` David Laight
2026-08-18 1:17 ` Linkai Gong
2026-08-18 1:21 ` [PATCH] usb: gadget: f_hid: drop ERROR() on copy_from_user() failure Linkai Gong
2026-08-18 6:32 ` Peter Korsgaard
2026-08-18 8:07 ` David Laight
2026-08-18 8:42 ` [PATCH v2] " Linkai Gong
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