[PATCH] HID: corsair: fix use-after-free by reordering remove sequence
From: Chen Changcheng <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-24 09:24:23
Also in:
lkml
Subsystem:
hid core layer, the rest · Maintainers:
Jiri Kosina, Benjamin Tissoires, Linus Torvalds
On device removal corsair_remove() currently does:
k90_cleanup_macro_functions() ─┐
kfree(k90) │ k90 freed, drvdata->k90
│ is now a dangling pointer
k90_cleanup_backlight() │
hid_hw_stop(dev) ─┘ HID I/O finally stopped
The problem is that kfree happens before hid_hw_stop. Between them,
corsair_event() can still be invoked on another CPU:
CPU 0 (remove path) CPU 1 (USB interrupt)
────────────────── ────────────────────
kfree(k90)
corsair_event()
↓ if (!drvdata->k90)
↓ return 0; ← non-NULL!
↓ drvdata->k90->record_led
↓ .brightness = x;
↓ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
↓ UAF write into freed slab
hid_hw_stop(dev)
hid_disconnect()
clear claimed flags
usbhid_stop()
kill URBs
The NULL check in corsair_event() is ineffective because
k90_cleanup_macro_functions() never clears drvdata->k90 after kfree.
Fix by reordering so hid_hw_stop() runs first, eliminating the window:
hid_hw_stop(dev) ─┐ HID I/O stopped first,
k90_cleanup_macro_functions() │ no more events can arrive
k90_cleanup_backlight() ─┘
Set drvdata->k90 = NULL after kfree() as a defensive measure, matching
the existing pattern in k90_init_macro_functions()'s error path.
Signed-off-by: Chen Changcheng <redacted>
---
drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c b/drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c
index 21cd8b12a757..ac12877a6db7 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ static void k90_cleanup_macro_functions(struct hid_device *dev) kfree(k90->record_led.cdev.name); kfree(k90); + drvdata->k90 = NULL; } }
@@ -596,10 +597,10 @@ static int corsair_probe(struct hid_device *dev, const struct hid_device_id *id) static void corsair_remove(struct hid_device *dev) { + hid_hw_stop(dev); + k90_cleanup_macro_functions(dev); k90_cleanup_backlight(dev); - - hid_hw_stop(dev); } static int corsair_event(struct hid_device *dev, struct hid_field *field,
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