[PATCH] HID: input: allocate input_dev name/phys/uniq using hid device devres

From: Hyeonsu Choi

Date: Tue Jul 14 2026 - 08:06:38 EST


input_dev->name, phys, and uniq are directly assigned from hid_device.
It causes a slab-use-after-free bug if the input device outlives the parent HID device during teardown.
Fix this by using devm_kstrdup() tied to &hid->dev for name, phys, and uniq strings.
The string lifetime is tied to the parent HID device, preventing a potential slab-use-after-free bug.
Also add OOM error handling for these allocations.

Reported-by: syzbot+aec1962419768c5caf88@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=aec1962419768c5caf88
Signed-off-by: Hyeonsu Choi <chlgustn3171@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-input.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
index 3487600cadb4..da6b338f18ba 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
@@ -2125,10 +2125,21 @@ static struct hid_input *hidinput_allocate(struct hid_device *hid,
input_dev->close = hidinput_close;
input_dev->setkeycode = hidinput_setkeycode;
input_dev->getkeycode = hidinput_getkeycode;
+
+ const char *name = hidinput->name ? hidinput->name : hid->name;
+
+ input_dev->name = devm_kstrdup(&hid->dev, name, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!input_dev->name)
+ goto fail;
+
+ input_dev->phys = devm_kstrdup(&hid->dev, hid->phys, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!input_dev->phys)
+ goto fail;
+
+ input_dev->uniq = devm_kstrdup(&hid->dev, hid->uniq, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!input_dev->uniq)
+ goto fail;

- input_dev->name = hidinput->name ? hidinput->name : hid->name;
- input_dev->phys = hid->phys;
- input_dev->uniq = hid->uniq;
input_dev->id.bustype = hid->bus;
input_dev->id.vendor = hid->vendor;
input_dev->id.product = hid->product;
@@ -2144,6 +2155,8 @@ static struct hid_input *hidinput_allocate(struct hid_device *hid,
return hidinput;

fail:
+ if (hidinput)
+ kfree(hidinput->name);
kfree(hidinput);
input_free_device(input_dev);
hid_err(hid, "Out of memory during hid input probe\n");
--
2.53.0