Re: WARNING in input_register_device

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 04:43:17AM -0800, syzbot wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> syzbot found the following issue on:
> 
> HEAD commit:    9e39aef3 usb: misc: brcmstb-usb-pinmap: Make sync_all_pins..
> git tree:       https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git usb-testing
> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=145ffa8a500000
> kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=a05f5efbb00b1465
> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=92340f7b2b4789907fdb
> compiler:       gcc (GCC) 10.1.0-syz 20200507
> syz repro:      https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=172ae7a8500000
> C reproducer:   https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=13b24746500000
> 
> IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
> Reported-by: syzbot+92340f7b2b4789907fdb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> microsoft 0003:045E:07DA.0001: unknown main item tag 0x0
> HID 045e:07da: Invalid code 65791 type 1
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> init_uevent_argv: buffer size too small
> WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5 at lib/kobject_uevent.c:259 init_uevent_argv lib/kobject_uevent.c:259 [inline]
> WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5 at lib/kobject_uevent.c:259 kobject_uevent_env+0x1640/0x1680 lib/kobject_uevent.c:608

You gave it a device with a buffer that was "too small", and it rejected
it.

Which, aside from the huge warning message, is to be expected, so I
don't think this is really a bug here.

thanks,

greg k-h