Re: [PATCH 1/4] HID: cougar: fix out-of-bounds read in cougar_raw_event
From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Date: 2026-07-14 13:32:17
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 6 potential issue(s) to consider: New issues: - [Medium] Unbounded error logging in interrupt context can lead to log flooding and Denial of Service. - [Low] The newly added `hid_err` log message is missing a terminating newline character. Pre-existing issues: - [High] TOCTOU race condition during device unbinding leads to a Use-After-Free of the keyboard's input_dev (`shared->input`). - [High] Self-deadlock on `cougar_udev_list_lock` during error handling in `cougar_bind_shared_data()`. - [High] Race condition between `kref_put()` and list lookup causing Use-After-Free of the `cougar_shared` structure. - [High] The probe function dereferences `hdev->collection` without verifying that any collections were actually parsed. --
--- Patch [1]: [PATCH 1/4] HID: cougar: fix out-of-bounds read in cougar_raw_event ---commit bb404070c5edd2b402b1e549ba66068e04c7d429 Author: Jiale Yao [off-list ref] HID: cougar: fix out-of-bounds read in cougar_raw_event This patch adds a bounds check to cougar_raw_event() to prevent out-of-bounds reads when handling malformed HID reports shorter than 3 bytes.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-cougar.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-cougar.c@@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ static int cougar_raw_event(struct hid_device *hdev, struct hid_report *report, if (!shared->enabled || !shared->input) return -EPERM;
[Severity: High] This is a pre-existing issue, but is there a TOCTOU race condition here during device unbinding? If a device disconnect is triggered while a USB event is being processed, cougar_raw_event() checks shared->enabled locklessly on one CPU. Concurrently, cougar_remove() on another CPU could clear shared->enabled and call hid_hw_stop(), destroying the input_dev. Could the interrupt handler then resume and dereference the freed shared->input in input_event()?
+ if (size < 3) {
+ hid_err(hdev, "Received HID report of bad size (%d)",
+ size);[Severity: Medium] Could this un-ratelimited error logging lead to a log flood if a malfunctioning or malicious device continuously sends reports shorter than 3 bytes? Since cougar_raw_event() runs in interrupt context, this might cause high CPU usage and flood the kernel ring buffer. [Severity: Low] Also, does this log message need a terminating newline character? Without the \n, subsequent kernel messages might be incorrectly appended to the same line.
+ return -EPERM; + } + code = data[COUGAR_FIELD_CODE];
[ ... ]
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but does cougar_bind_shared_data() have a
self-deadlock on cougar_udev_list_lock during error handling?
If devm_add_action_or_reset() fails, it invokes cougar_remove_shared_data()
which drops the kref to zero, triggering cougar_release_shared_data():
drivers/hid/hid-cougar.c:cougar_release_shared_data() {
...
mutex_lock(&cougar_udev_list_lock);
...
}
Since cougar_bind_shared_data() already holds cougar_udev_list_lock when
calling devm_add_action_or_reset(), will this attempt to re-acquire the
already held mutex block all further probes?
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but is there a race condition between
kref_put() and list lookup that could cause a use-after-free of the
cougar_shared structure?
During device unbind, cougar_remove_shared_data() calls
kref_put(&shared->kref) without holding cougar_udev_list_lock. If the
refcount drops to 0, cougar_release_shared_data() blocks on the lock.
Concurrently, a new device probe calling cougar_bind_shared_data() holds
the lock and traverses the list:
drivers/hid/hid-cougar.c:cougar_bind_shared_data() {
...
mutex_lock(&cougar_udev_list_lock);
list_for_each_entry(shared, &cougar_udev_list, list) {
...
kref_get(&shared->kref);
...
}
}
Could it find the zero-refcount object, increment it, and then after the lock
is dropped, the blocked release function frees it, leaving the newly
probed device with a dangling pointer?
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but does the probe function dereference
hdev->collection without verifying that any collections were actually
parsed?
drivers/hid/hid-cougar.c:cougar_probe() {
...
if (hdev->collection->usage == COUGAR_VENDOR_USAGE) {
...
}
If a USB device supplies a HID report descriptor containing no collections,
hid_parse() succeeds but hdev->collection remains NULL. Will this
unconditional access cause a panic on probe?
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