[PATCH v2 RESEND 1/2] Input: alps - fix use-after-free bugs caused by dev3_register_work
From: Duoming Zhou
Date: Tue Dec 16 2025 - 22:01:08 EST
The dev3_register_work delayed work item is initialized within
alps_reconnect() and scheduled upon receipt of the first bare
PS/2 packet from an external PS/2 device connected to the ALPS
touchpad. During device detachment, the original implementation
calls flush_workqueue() in psmouse_disconnect() to ensure
completion of dev3_register_work. However, the flush_workqueue()
in psmouse_disconnect() only blocks and waits for work items that
were already queued to the workqueue prior to its invocation. Any
work items submitted after flush_workqueue() is called are not
included in the set of tasks that the flush operation awaits.
This means that after flush_workqueue() has finished executing,
the dev3_register_work could still be scheduled. Although the
psmouse state is set to PSMOUSE_CMD_MODE in psmouse_disconnect(),
the scheduling of dev3_register_work remains unaffected.
The race condition can occur as follows:
CPU 0 (cleanup path) | CPU 1 (delayed work)
psmouse_disconnect() |
psmouse_set_state() |
flush_workqueue() | alps_report_bare_ps2_packet()
alps_disconnect() | psmouse_queue_work()
kfree(priv); // FREE | alps_register_bare_ps2_mouse()
| priv = container_of(work...); // USE
| priv->dev3 // USE
Add disable_delayed_work_sync() in alps_disconnect() to ensure
that dev3_register_work is properly canceled and prevented from
executing after the alps_data structure has been deallocated.
This bug is identified by static analysis.
Fixes: 04aae283ba6a ("Input: ALPS - do not mix trackstick and external PS/2 mouse data")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Split the original patch into two separate patches (alps and psmouse-base).
drivers/input/mouse/alps.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c b/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c
index d0cb9fb9482..df8953a5196 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c
@@ -2975,6 +2975,7 @@ static void alps_disconnect(struct psmouse *psmouse)
psmouse_reset(psmouse);
timer_shutdown_sync(&priv->timer);
+ disable_delayed_work_sync(&priv->dev3_register_work);
if (priv->dev2)
input_unregister_device(priv->dev2);
if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv->dev3))
--
2.34.1