Re: [PATCH v10 3/5] HID: wacom: Fix Use-After-Free in wacom_intuos_pad
From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Date: 2026-09-09 11:32:41
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider: Pre-existing issues: - [High] Lockless access to `shared->pen` and `shared->touch` leaves sibling `hid_device` pointers vulnerable to Use-After-Free during concurrent hot-unplug. - [High] Sysfs callbacks access `wacom->led.groups` without NULL checks, racing with `wacom_remove()` cleanup. -- commit f9df2fb1ac73b67929633c2e25c6e475a7abd240 Author: Lee Jones [off-list ref] HID: wacom: Fix Use-After-Free in wacom_intuos_pad wacom_intuos_pad() accesses wacom->shared->touch_input locklessly inside the interrupt handler context. If the Touch sibling device is disconnected, wacom_remove_shared_data() clears 'touch_input' outside any lock, creating a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition where a preempted reader in interrupt context dereferences the freed pointer, leading to a Use-After-Free.
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diff --git a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c index 4eed2c189017d..10f7de515ea28 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c +++ b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c@@ -875,10 +875,16 @@ static void wacom_remove_shared_data(void *res) data = container_of(wacom_wac->shared, struct wacom_hdev_data, shared); - if (wacom_wac->shared->touch == wacom->hdev) - wacom_wac->shared->touch = NULL; - else if (wacom_wac->shared->pen == wacom->hdev) - wacom_wac->shared->pen = NULL; + scoped_guard(mutex, &wacom_udev_list_lock) { + if (wacom_wac->shared->touch == wacom->hdev) { + wacom_wac->shared->touch = NULL; + rcu_assign_pointer(wacom_wac->shared->touch_input, NULL); + } else if (wacom_wac->shared->pen == wacom->hdev) { + wacom_wac->shared->pen = NULL; + } + } + + synchronize_rcu(); kref_put(&data->kref, wacom_release_shared_data); wacom_wac->shared = NULL;
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but since this patch introduces RCU protection
for touch_input, is it possible that lockless access to shared->pen and
shared->touch in wacom_mode_change_work() is still vulnerable to a
Use-After-Free during concurrent hot-unplug?
When a sibling interface is unbound, devres automatically frees its driver
data. If a WACOM_HID_WD_MODE_CHANGE event concurrently schedules
wacom_mode_change_work(), it accesses these pointers locklessly:
drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c:wacom_mode_change_work() {
...
if (shared->pen) {
wacom1 = hid_get_drvdata(shared->pen);
wacom_release_resources(wacom1);
hid_hw_stop(wacom1->hdev);
...
if (shared->touch) {
wacom2 = hid_get_drvdata(shared->touch);
wacom_release_resources(wacom2);
hid_hw_stop(wacom2->hdev);
...
}
While Patch 5/5 in this series attempts to fix this by replacing the raw
accesses with rcu_access_pointer(), it appears to omit wrapping the worker
in an RCU read-side critical section and doesn't use rcu_dereference().
Because of this, would the synchronize_rcu() call in the unbind path fail to
wait for this worker, leaving the Use-After-Free vulnerability unresolved
at the end of the series?
[ ... ]
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but could wacom_show_remote_mode() race with
wacom_remove() and cause a NULL pointer dereference?
During unbind, wacom_remove() explicitly nullifies the groups pointer before
devres removes the sysfs attributes:
drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c:wacom_remove() {
...
/* make sure we don't trigger the LEDs */
wacom_led_groups_release(wacom);
if (wacom->wacom_wac.features.type != REMOTE)
wacom_release_resources(wacom);
}
If an unprivileged local user continuously reads the world-readable sysfs
files during a hot-unplug, the sysfs callback dereferences wacom->led.groups
without a NULL check:
drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c:wacom_show_remote_mode() {
...
mode = wacom->led.groups[index].select;
return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", mode < 3 ? mode : -1);
}
Could this crash the kernel if the sysfs read callback executes after
wacom_led_groups_release() clears the pointer, but before devres cleanup
finishes?
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