[PATCH v2] HID: wacom: serialize mode changes with device removal
From: Jinmo Yang
Date: Sun Oct 04 2026 - 23:59:56 EST
wacom_mode_change_work() takes both siblings' struct wacom out of
wacom_shared and tears down and rebuilds them, holding no reference to
either. wacom_remove() cancels only the work owned by the device being
removed, so a worker owned by the other sibling keeps using this device
after its remove callback returns, and hid_device_remove() then frees
struct wacom along with the driver's devres group.
Reproduced under KASAN on hid.git master, 10 boots out of 10:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in wacom_parse_and_register+0x4fa8/0x58e0
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88800be431f8 by task kworker/0:2/75
Workqueue: events wacom_mode_change_work
wacom_parse_and_register+0x4fa8/0x58e0
wacom_mode_change_work+0x333/0x7e0
process_one_work+0xa3b/0x19b0
Allocated by task 11: devm_kmalloc <- wacom_probe
Freed by task 82: devres_release_group <- hid_device_remove,
under uhid_char_release <- __x64_sys_close
The same object is also written: wacom_feature_mapping() stores
features->touch_max into it, four bytes at a fixed offset, with the value
taken from a feature report. Closing one sibling's /dev/uhid descriptor is
all it takes, with no privilege, and a reference on the hid_device would
not help: struct wacom is devm_kzalloc() on &hdev->dev.
Serialize mode-change workers with wacom_remove() using a driver-wide
mutex, held across the whole teardown. Any step left outside it is undone
by a sibling worker and never repeated, because such a worker brings the
device back up through wacom_parse_and_register(): stopping the hardware
outside the mutex leaves hidraw registered on an unbound device, since
hidraw_disconnect() is reached only from hid_hw_stop(), and cancelling the
delayed work outside it leaves init_work armed on memory devres is about
to free.
Cancel this device's own mode-change work before taking the mutex, since a
worker blocked on it would deadlock that cancel, and once more after the
unlock, because a report processed before hid_hw_stop() can queue it again.
That worker can only find a NULL wacom_wac.shared and return.
Because wacom_add_shared_data() registers its devres action inside the
group wacom_parse_and_register() opens, the wacom_release_resources() call
under the mutex clears this device from the shared pen and touch pointers,
so a worker starting after the unlock cannot select it.
The worker also snapshots both shared pointers and returns on a NULL
wacom_wac.shared, because releasing the first sibling's devres can drop
the last reference to the shared data.
Fixes: 4082da80f46a ("HID: wacom: generic: add mode change touch key")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jinmo Yang <jinmo44.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
index 40770affdbde..092e91ed1c3d 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ struct wacom_hdev_data {
static LIST_HEAD(wacom_udev_list);
static DEFINE_MUTEX(wacom_udev_list_lock);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(wacom_mode_change_lock);
static bool wacom_are_sibling(struct hid_device *hdev,
struct hid_device *sibling)
@@ -2783,22 +2784,32 @@ static void wacom_remote_work(struct work_struct *work)
static void wacom_mode_change_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
struct wacom *wacom = container_of(work, struct wacom, mode_change_work);
- struct wacom_shared *shared = wacom->wacom_wac.shared;
+ struct wacom_shared *shared;
+ struct hid_device *pen;
+ struct hid_device *touch;
struct wacom *wacom1 = NULL;
struct wacom *wacom2 = NULL;
- bool is_direct = wacom->wacom_wac.is_direct_mode;
+ bool is_direct;
int error = 0;
- if (shared->pen) {
- wacom1 = hid_get_drvdata(shared->pen);
+ mutex_lock(&wacom_mode_change_lock);
+ shared = wacom->wacom_wac.shared;
+ if (!shared)
+ goto out;
+ pen = shared->pen;
+ touch = shared->touch;
+ is_direct = wacom->wacom_wac.is_direct_mode;
+
+ if (pen) {
+ wacom1 = hid_get_drvdata(pen);
wacom_release_resources(wacom1);
hid_hw_stop(wacom1->hdev);
wacom1->wacom_wac.has_mode_change = true;
wacom1->wacom_wac.is_direct_mode = is_direct;
}
- if (shared->touch) {
- wacom2 = hid_get_drvdata(shared->touch);
+ if (touch) {
+ wacom2 = hid_get_drvdata(touch);
wacom_release_resources(wacom2);
hid_hw_stop(wacom2->hdev);
wacom2->wacom_wac.has_mode_change = true;
@@ -2808,16 +2819,17 @@ static void wacom_mode_change_work(struct work_struct *work)
if (wacom1) {
error = wacom_parse_and_register(wacom1, false);
if (error)
- return;
+ goto out;
}
if (wacom2) {
error = wacom_parse_and_register(wacom2, false);
if (error)
- return;
+ goto out;
}
- return;
+out:
+ mutex_unlock(&wacom_mode_change_lock);
}
static int wacom_probe(struct hid_device *hdev,
@@ -2905,6 +2917,21 @@ static void wacom_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
struct wacom_wac *wacom_wac = &wacom->wacom_wac;
struct wacom_features *features = &wacom_wac->features;
+ /*
+ * Cancel our own mode-change work first: a worker blocked on the
+ * mutex below would deadlock this cancel if the order were reversed.
+ */
+ cancel_work_sync(&wacom->mode_change_work);
+
+ /*
+ * A sibling's mode-change work tears this device down and brings it
+ * back up, so hold the mutex across the whole teardown. Stopping the
+ * hardware outside it would let such a worker run hid_hw_start() for
+ * this device afterwards and leave hidraw registered on a device that
+ * is about to be unbound.
+ */
+ mutex_lock(&wacom_mode_change_lock);
+
if (features->device_type & WACOM_DEVICETYPE_WL_MONITOR)
hid_hw_close(hdev);
@@ -2915,7 +2942,6 @@ static void wacom_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
cancel_work_sync(&wacom->wireless_work);
cancel_work_sync(&wacom->battery_work);
cancel_work_sync(&wacom->remote_work);
- cancel_work_sync(&wacom->mode_change_work);
timer_delete_sync(&wacom->idleprox_timer);
if (hdev->bus == BUS_BLUETOOTH)
device_remove_file(&hdev->dev, &dev_attr_speed);
@@ -2923,8 +2949,22 @@ static void wacom_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
/* make sure we don't trigger the LEDs */
wacom_led_groups_release(wacom);
+ /*
+ * Releasing our resources runs the wacom_remove_shared_data() devres
+ * action, which clears this device from the shared pen and touch
+ * pointers, so no worker started after the unlock can select it.
+ */
if (wacom->wacom_wac.features.type != REMOTE)
wacom_release_resources(wacom);
+
+ mutex_unlock(&wacom_mode_change_lock);
+
+ /*
+ * A report processed before hid_hw_stop() may have queued our work
+ * again. It can only find a NULL wacom_wac.shared and return now, but
+ * it must not still be running when devres frees this device.
+ */
+ cancel_work_sync(&wacom->mode_change_work);
}
static int wacom_resume(struct hid_device *hdev)
base-commit: fe2ec83746e501645709761605c2464a44fd2929
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2.53.0