[PATCH v2 03/20] Input: rmi4 - fix type overflow in register counts

From: Dmitry Torokhov

Date: Tue May 05 2026 - 01:00:35 EST


The number of registers in the RMI4 register descriptor is populated
by counting the bits in the presence map using bitmap_weight(). Since
the presence map can contain up to 256 bits (RMI_REG_DESC_PRESENSE_BITS),
storing this count in a u8 can overflow to 0 if all 256 bits are set.

Change the num_registers field in struct rmi_register_descriptor
from u8 to u16 to prevent potential integer overflow and ensure safe
processing of devices reporting large descriptors.

Fixes: 2b6a321da9a2 ("Input: synaptics-rmi4 - add support for Synaptics RMI4 devices")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_driver.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_driver.h b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_driver.h
index e84495caab15..5f769fcc758d 100644
--- a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_driver.h
+++ b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_driver.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct rmi_register_desc_item {
struct rmi_register_descriptor {
unsigned long struct_size;
unsigned long presense_map[BITS_TO_LONGS(RMI_REG_DESC_PRESENSE_BITS)];
- u8 num_registers;
+ u16 num_registers;
struct rmi_register_desc_item *registers;
};

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