Re: [PATCH] HID: roccat: fix use-after-free in roccat_report_event

[Jiri Kosina]

On Mon, 23 Mar 2026, FirstName LastName wrote:

> From: Benoît Sevens <bsevens@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> roccat_report_event() iterates over the device->readers list without
> holding the readers_lock. This allows a concurrent roccat_release() to
> remove and free a reader while it's still being accessed, leading to a
> use-after-free.
> 
> Protect the readers list traversal with the readers_lock mutex.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benoît Sevens <bsevens@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c
> index fd0ea52f7cba..d6fff53d4ee7 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c
> @@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ int roccat_report_event(int minor, u8 const *data)
>  	if (!new_value)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> +	mutex_lock(&device->readers_lock);
>  	mutex_lock(&device->cbuf_lock);
>  
>  	report = &device->cbuf[device->cbuf_end];
> @@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ int roccat_report_event(int minor, u8 const *data)
>  	}
>  
>  	mutex_unlock(&device->cbuf_lock);
> +	mutex_unlock(&device->readers_lock);

Applied, thanks.

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs