Forwarded: [PATCH] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in v4l2_release (3)

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Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 21:26:10 EST


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Subject: [PATCH] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in v4l2_release (3)
Author: jchuang26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

Reported-by: syzbot+34957180b0ed2581edaf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
index 09d8c5f8d..39166161d 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
@@ -647,6 +647,25 @@ static int sur40_input_setup_events(struct input_dev *input_dev)
return 0;
}

+/*
+ * Release the sur40 state once the last reference to the video device is
+ * gone. The video_device is embedded in sur40, so sur40 must not be freed
+ * while an open file descriptor can still reach it (e.g. from the v4l2 core
+ * release path). sur40_disconnect() only drops the reference taken by
+ * v4l2_device_register(), which frees sur40 right away if nothing is open
+ * or defers it to this callback until the last user closes the device.
+ */
+static void sur40_release(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
+{
+ struct sur40_state *sur40 =
+ container_of(v4l2_dev, struct sur40_state, v4l2);
+
+ v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&sur40->hdl);
+ v4l2_device_unregister(&sur40->v4l2);
+ kfree(sur40->bulk_in_buffer);
+ kfree(sur40);
+}
+
/* Check candidate USB interface. */
static int sur40_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
const struct usb_device_id *id)
@@ -726,6 +745,7 @@ static int sur40_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
}

/* register the video master device */
+ sur40->v4l2.release = sur40_release;
snprintf(sur40->v4l2.name, sizeof(sur40->v4l2.name), "%s", DRIVER_LONG);
error = v4l2_device_register(sur40->dev, &sur40->v4l2);
if (error) {
@@ -827,14 +847,18 @@ static void sur40_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)

input_unregister_device(sur40->input);

- v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&sur40->hdl);
+ v4l2_device_disconnect(&sur40->v4l2);
video_unregister_device(&sur40->vdev);
- v4l2_device_unregister(&sur40->v4l2);
-
- kfree(sur40->bulk_in_buffer);
- kfree(sur40);

usb_set_intfdata(interface, NULL);
+
+ /*
+ * Drop the reference taken by v4l2_device_register(). The state is
+ * only freed from sur40_release() once the last video device user is
+ * gone, so an open device node cannot use the freed memory.
+ */
+ v4l2_device_put(&sur40->v4l2);
+
dev_dbg(&interface->dev, "%s is now disconnected\n", DRIVER_DESC);
}