Re: [PATCH 1/1] HID: steam: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in steam_{recv,send}_report

From: Lee Jones
Date: Tue Jul 19 2022 - 11:43:57 EST


On Fri, 08 Jul 2022, Lee Jones wrote:

> It is possible for a malicious device to forgo submitting a Feature
> Report. The HID Steam driver presently makes no prevision for this
> and de-references the 'struct hid_report' pointer obtained from the
> HID devices without first checking its validity. Let's change that.
>
> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: c164d6abf3841 ("HID: add driver for Valve Steam Controller")
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hid/hid-steam.c | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

Did anyone get a chance to look at this?

Would you like me to submit a [RESEND]?

> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-steam.c b/drivers/hid/hid-steam.c
> index a3b151b29bd71..fc616db4231bb 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-steam.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-steam.c
> @@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ static int steam_recv_report(struct steam_device *steam,
> int ret;
>
> r = steam->hdev->report_enum[HID_FEATURE_REPORT].report_id_hash[0];
> + if (!r) {
> + hid_err(steam->hdev, "No HID_FEATURE_REPORT submitted - nothing to read\n");
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> if (hid_report_len(r) < 64)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> @@ -165,6 +170,11 @@ static int steam_send_report(struct steam_device *steam,
> int ret;
>
> r = steam->hdev->report_enum[HID_FEATURE_REPORT].report_id_hash[0];
> + if (!r) {
> + hid_err(steam->hdev, "No HID_FEATURE_REPORT submitted - nothing to read\n");
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> if (hid_report_len(r) < 64)
> return -EINVAL;
>

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