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HID: logitech-hidpp: fix race condition when accessing stale stack pointer
authorBenoît Sevens <bsevens@google.com>
Wed, 1 Apr 2026 14:48:11 +0000 (14:48 +0000)
committerJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.com>
Thu, 9 Apr 2026 17:25:07 +0000 (19:25 +0200)
commite2aaf2d3ad92ac4a8afa6b69ad4c38e7747d3d6e
tree8973c1a2758bdcf703f2644673426e07a9c2cd96
parente93faaca84b73431ccef029b2c8e902e5be83006
HID: logitech-hidpp: fix race condition when accessing stale stack pointer

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.

Signed-off-by: Benoît Sevens <bsevens@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.com>
drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c