[PATCH 3/3] selftests/hid: hidraw: forge wrong ioctls and tests them

From: Benjamin Tissoires
Date: Thu Aug 21 2025 - 03:44:11 EST


We also need coverage for when the malicious user is not using the
proper ioctls definitions and tries to work around the driver.

Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: claude-4-sonnet
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/hid/hidraw.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 61 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/hid/hidraw.c b/tools/testing/selftests/hid/hidraw.c
index 6d61d03e2ef0..2bbe0d69bd8a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/hid/hidraw.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/hid/hidraw.c
@@ -332,6 +332,67 @@ TEST_F(hidraw, ioctl_gfeature_invalid)
ASSERT_EQ(errno, EIO) TH_LOG("expected EIO, got errno %d", errno);
}

+/*
+ * Test HIDIOCGFEATURE ioctl with incorrect _IOC_DIR bits
+ * NOTE: This test currently fails because the driver does not validate _IOC_DIR
+ * bits for feature/input/output report ioctls. This should be fixed in the driver.
+ */
+TEST_F(hidraw, ioctl_gfeature_invalid_dir)
+{
+ __u8 buf[10] = {0};
+ int err;
+ unsigned int bad_cmd;
+
+ /* set report ID 1 in first byte */
+ buf[0] = 1;
+
+ /*
+ * craft an ioctl command with wrong _IOC_DIR bits
+ * HIDIOCGFEATURE should have _IOC_WRITE|_IOC_READ, let's use only _IOC_WRITE
+ */
+ bad_cmd = _IOC(_IOC_WRITE, 'H', 0x07, sizeof(buf)); /* should be _IOC_WRITE|_IOC_READ */
+
+ /* try to get feature report with wrong direction bits */
+ err = ioctl(self->hidraw_fd, bad_cmd, buf);
+ ASSERT_LT(err, 0) TH_LOG("HIDIOCGFEATURE with wrong _IOC_DIR should have failed");
+ ASSERT_EQ(errno, EINVAL) TH_LOG("expected EINVAL for wrong _IOC_DIR, got errno %d", errno);
+
+ /* also test with only _IOC_READ */
+ bad_cmd = _IOC(_IOC_READ, 'H', 0x07, sizeof(buf)); /* should be _IOC_WRITE|_IOC_READ */
+
+ err = ioctl(self->hidraw_fd, bad_cmd, buf);
+ ASSERT_LT(err, 0) TH_LOG("HIDIOCGFEATURE with wrong _IOC_DIR should have failed");
+ ASSERT_EQ(errno, EINVAL) TH_LOG("expected EINVAL for wrong _IOC_DIR, got errno %d", errno);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test read-only ioctl with incorrect _IOC_DIR bits
+ */
+TEST_F(hidraw, ioctl_readonly_invalid_dir)
+{
+ char buf[256] = {0};
+ int err;
+ unsigned int bad_cmd;
+
+ /*
+ * craft an ioctl command with wrong _IOC_DIR bits
+ * HIDIOCGRAWNAME should have _IOC_READ, let's use _IOC_WRITE
+ */
+ bad_cmd = _IOC(_IOC_WRITE, 'H', 0x04, sizeof(buf)); /* should be _IOC_READ */
+
+ /* try to get device name with wrong direction bits */
+ err = ioctl(self->hidraw_fd, bad_cmd, buf);
+ ASSERT_LT(err, 0) TH_LOG("HIDIOCGRAWNAME with wrong _IOC_DIR should have failed");
+ ASSERT_EQ(errno, EINVAL) TH_LOG("expected EINVAL for wrong _IOC_DIR, got errno %d", errno);
+
+ /* also test with _IOC_WRITE|_IOC_READ */
+ bad_cmd = _IOC(_IOC_WRITE|_IOC_READ, 'H', 0x04, sizeof(buf)); /* should be only _IOC_READ */
+
+ err = ioctl(self->hidraw_fd, bad_cmd, buf);
+ ASSERT_LT(err, 0) TH_LOG("HIDIOCGRAWNAME with wrong _IOC_DIR should have failed");
+ ASSERT_EQ(errno, EINVAL) TH_LOG("expected EINVAL for wrong _IOC_DIR, got errno %d", errno);
+}
+
/*
* Test HIDIOCSFEATURE ioctl to set feature report
*/
--
2.50.1

---

Cheers,
Benjamin