Re: [PATCH v3] HID: multitouch: use GFP_ATOMIC for report/application/usage allocations
From: Nguyen Ngoc Thang <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-10 16:54:28
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Subsystem:
hid core layer, the rest · Maintainers:
Jiri Kosina, Benjamin Tissoires, Linus Torvalds
mt_allocate_report_data() and mt_allocate_application() devm_kzalloc()
with GFP_KERNEL, but they are reachable from mt_event()/mt_report()
via hid_report_raw_event(), which can run in (soft)irq context off a
USB URB completion (e.g. dummy_hcd's hrtimer softirq). GFP_KERNEL
there may call into fs_reclaim, which lockdep flags as an
inconsistent {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} use of fs_reclaim,
alongside a "sleeping function called from invalid context" splat.
Switch both to GFP_ATOMIC since neither is on a path that needs to
sleep. mt_allocate_usage() is left at GFP_KERNEL: it is only reached
from mt_touch_input_mapping(), which runs at probe time (hid_hw_start()),
never from mt_event(), so it does not need the downgrade.
While auditing that same softirq path, td->applications turned out to
be walked and mutated without any lock: mt_allocate_application() can
list_add_tail() to it from mt_event()/mt_report() in (soft)irq
context, while mt_release_contacts() (timer callback) and
mt_set_quirks() (sysfs write) each list_for_each_entry() over it from
their own, independent contexts. On SMP those can run concurrently
and corrupt the list. Add application_list_lock (spin_lock_irqsave,
since one user is a timer/irq context) around every access to
td->applications, and hold it across mt_find_application()'s whole
search-then-allocate sequence so two callers can never both decide to
create the same application.
Reported-by: syzbot+093e05755c2d99caab91@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=093e05755c2d99caab91
Signed-off-by: Nguyen Ngoc Thang <redacted>
---
v3:
- Add application_list_lock to serialize td->applications against the
concurrent softirq/timer/sysfs accessors flagged by sashiko-bot
(pre-existing race, not introduced by this patch, but fixed here
since it's on the same softirq-safety path).
v2:
- Keep mt_allocate_usage() at GFP_KERNEL. It is only reached from
mt_touch_input_mapping(), at probe time, never from mt_event(), so
the GFP_ATOMIC downgrade there was unnecessary.
(feedback from sashiko-bot)
---
drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c b/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
index 2c41bacab1ca..dd17bf4abfae 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ #include <linux/hid.h> #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/slab.h> +#include <linux/spinlock.h> #include <linux/input/mt.h> #include <linux/jiffies.h> #include <linux/string.h>
@@ -186,6 +187,11 @@ struct mt_device { bool serial_maybe; /* need to check for serial protocol */ struct list_head applications; + spinlock_t application_list_lock; /* protects applications, incl. + * concurrent add from softirq + * vs. list_for_each_entry from + * timer/sysfs context + */ struct list_head reports; };
@@ -477,6 +483,7 @@ static ssize_t mt_set_quirks(struct device *dev, struct hid_device *hdev = to_hid_device(dev); struct mt_device *td = hid_get_drvdata(hdev); struct mt_application *application; + unsigned long flags; unsigned long val;
@@ -485,11 +492,13 @@ static ssize_t mt_set_quirks(struct device *dev, td->mtclass.quirks = val; + spin_lock_irqsave(&td->application_list_lock, flags); list_for_each_entry(application, &td->applications, list) { application->quirks = val; if (!application->have_contact_count) application->quirks &= ~MT_QUIRK_CONTACT_CNT_ACCURATE; } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&td->application_list_lock, flags); return count; }
@@ -604,6 +613,7 @@ static struct mt_usages *mt_allocate_usage(struct hid_device *hdev, { struct mt_usages *usage; + /* only called from mt_touch_input_mapping(), at probe time */ usage = devm_kzalloc(&hdev->dev, sizeof(*usage), GFP_KERNEL); if (!usage) return NULL;
@@ -627,14 +637,16 @@ static struct mt_usages *mt_allocate_usage(struct hid_device *hdev, return usage; } +/* called with td->application_list_lock held */ static struct mt_application *mt_allocate_application(struct mt_device *td, struct hid_report *report) { unsigned int application = report->application; struct mt_application *mt_application; + /* may run from hid_report_raw_event() in (soft)irq context */ mt_application = devm_kzalloc(&td->hdev->dev, sizeof(*mt_application), - GFP_KERNEL); + GFP_ATOMIC); if (!mt_application) return NULL;
@@ -667,6 +679,15 @@ static struct mt_application *mt_find_application(struct mt_device *td, { unsigned int application = report->application; struct mt_application *tmp, *mt_application = NULL; + unsigned long flags; + + /* + * Hold the lock across the search and the fallback allocation so + * a concurrent mt_release_contacts()/mt_set_quirks() never walks + * the list mid-insert, and two callers can never both decide to + * allocate the same application. + */ + spin_lock_irqsave(&td->application_list_lock, flags); list_for_each_entry(tmp, &td->applications, list) { if (application == tmp->application) {
@@ -681,6 +702,8 @@ static struct mt_application *mt_find_application(struct mt_device *td, if (!mt_application) mt_application = mt_allocate_application(td, report); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&td->application_list_lock, flags); + return mt_application; }
@@ -692,7 +715,8 @@ static struct mt_report_data *mt_allocate_report_data(struct mt_device *td, struct hid_field *field; int r, n; - rdata = devm_kzalloc(&td->hdev->dev, sizeof(*rdata), GFP_KERNEL); + /* may run from hid_report_raw_event() in (soft)irq context */ + rdata = devm_kzalloc(&td->hdev->dev, sizeof(*rdata), GFP_ATOMIC); if (!rdata) return NULL;
@@ -2060,6 +2084,7 @@ static void mt_release_contacts(struct hid_device *hid) struct hid_input *hidinput; struct mt_application *application; struct mt_device *td = hid_get_drvdata(hid); + unsigned long flags; list_for_each_entry(hidinput, &hid->inputs, list) { struct input_dev *input_dev = hidinput->input;
@@ -2077,9 +2102,11 @@ static void mt_release_contacts(struct hid_device *hid) } } + spin_lock_irqsave(&td->application_list_lock, flags); list_for_each_entry(application, &td->applications, list) { application->num_received = 0; } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&td->application_list_lock, flags); } static void mt_expired_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
@@ -2127,6 +2154,7 @@ static int mt_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id) hid_set_drvdata(hdev, td); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&td->applications); + spin_lock_init(&td->application_list_lock); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&td->reports); if (id->vendor == HID_ANY_ID && id->product == HID_ANY_ID)
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