Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] HID: pass the buffer size to hid_report_raw_event

From: Icenowy Zheng

Date: Sun Apr 19 2026 - 12:27:17 EST


在 2026-04-16四的 16:48 +0200,Benjamin Tissoires写道:
> commit 0a3fe972a7cb ("HID: core: Mitigate potential OOB by removing
> bogus memset()") enforced the provided data to be at least the size
> of
> the declared buffer in the report descriptor to prevent a buffer
> overflow. However, we can try to be smarter by providing both the
> buffer
> size and the data size, meaning that hid_report_raw_event() can make
> better decision whether we should plaining reject the buffer (buffer
> overflow attempt) or if we can safely memset it to 0 and pass it to
> the
> rest of the stack.
>
> Fixes: 0a3fe972a7cb ("HID: core: Mitigate potential OOB by removing
> bogus memset()")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/hid/bpf/hid_bpf_dispatch.c |  6 ++++--
>  drivers/hid/hid-core.c             | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> ----------
>  drivers/hid/hid-gfrm.c             |  4 ++--
>  drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c   |  2 +-
>  drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c       |  2 +-
>  drivers/hid/hid-primax.c           |  2 +-
>  drivers/hid/hid-vivaldi-common.c   |  2 +-
>  drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c            |  6 +++---
>  drivers/staging/greybus/hid.c      |  2 +-
>  include/linux/hid.h                |  4 ++--
>  include/linux/hid_bpf.h            | 14 ++++++++-----
>  11 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

============ 8< ===================

> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/hid.c
> b/drivers/staging/greybus/hid.c
> index 1f58c907c036..37e8605c6767 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/hid.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/hid.c
> @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static void gb_hid_init_report(struct gb_hid
> *ghid, struct hid_report *report)
>   * we just need to setup the input fields, so using
>   * hid_report_raw_event is safe.
>   */
> - hid_report_raw_event(ghid->hid, report->type, ghid->inbuf,
> size, 1);
> + hid_report_raw_event(ghid->hid, report->type, ghid->inbuf,
> ghib->bufsize, size, 1);

Oops, "ghid" is misspelled here...

Found this when building some gaint kernel with this patchset.

Thanks,
Icenowy

>  }
>  
>  static void gb_hid_init_reports(struct gb_hid *ghid)