# Re: \[PATCH\] HID: wacom: check input\_dev-\>absinfo in wacom\_bpt3\_touch\_msg

- From: Dmitry Torokhov \<dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com\>
- Date: 2021-06-03 01:33:19 
- List: linux-input
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-input/2021/06/8933105
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-input/2021/05/8933010/t.md

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On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 02:19:37PM +0000, Gerecke, Jason wrote:
> From: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
> >  
> > On Mon, 17 May 2021, Yiyuan GUO wrote:
> > 
> > > The function wacom_bpt3_touch_msg calls input_abs_get_res(input,
> > > ABS_MT_POSITION_X) to obtain x_res, which may equal to 0 if
> > > input->absinfo is NULL. Since x_res is used as a divisor, this
> > > may lead to divide by zero problem.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Yiyuan GUO <redacted>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/hid/wacom_wac.c | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/hid/wacom_wac.c b/drivers/hid/wacom_wac.c
> > > index 81d7d12bc..a5a6fb8bc 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/hid/wacom_wac.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/hid/wacom_wac.c
> > > @@ -2892,7 +2892,7 @@ static void wacom_bpt3_touch_msg(struct wacom_wac *wacom, unsigned char *data)
> > >       bool touch = data[1] & 0x80;
> > >       int slot = input_mt_get_slot_by_key(input, data[0]);
> > >
> > > -     if (slot < 0)
> > > +     if (slot < 0 || !input->absinfo)
> > >               return;
> > >
> > >       touch = touch && report_touch_events(wacom);
> > 
> > CCing Wacom driver maintainers in order to get their ack.
> > 
> > --
> > Jiri Kosina
> > SUSE Labs
> 
> A NULL input->absinfo is very much an unexpected condition. We've
> either failed somewhere during setup or things have gone off the rails
> afterwards. Silently limping along like this is a bad idea. I'd really
> like to see an error message logged and the device removed if
> possible.

Input core (input_register_device) will refuse registering an input
device claiming to be absolute (EV_ABS present in dev->absbit) but not
having dev->absinfo allocated, so this is not going to happen in real
life.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry
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