RE: [PATCH v2] HID: intel-thc-hid: intel-quickspi: validate report size before copy

From: Xu, Even

Date: Sun Jul 19 2026 - 22:03:52 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: HyeongJun An <sammiee5311@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2026 5:16 PM
> To: Xu, Even <even.xu@xxxxxxxxx>; Sun, Xinpeng <xinpeng.sun@xxxxxxxxx>; Jiri
> Kosina <jikos@xxxxxxxxxx>; Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; HyeongJun An <sammiee5311@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH v2] HID: intel-thc-hid: intel-quickspi: validate report size before
> copy
>
> write_cmd_to_txdma() builds an output report in qsdev->report_buf, a heap
> buffer allocated in quickspi_alloc_report_buf() to the device-descriptor derived
> max_report_len (a few hundred bytes for a touch controller). It copies the caller-
> supplied report into that buffer:
>
> memcpy(write_buf->content, report_buf, report_buf_len);
>
> The HID core caps a report at HID_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE (16384) by default, and
> quickspi_hid_ll_driver does not set max_buffer_size, so the length reaches the
> driver unbounded. A hidraw SET_REPORT/SET_FEATURE ioctl carrying a report
> larger than max_report_len therefore overflows report_buf with attacker-
> controlled length and content.
>
> Record the report_buf allocation size and reject reports that do not fit before
> copying, matching the equivalent guard in the intel-quicki2c sibling
> (quicki2c_init_write_buf()) and the hid-goodix-spi fix.
>
> write_cmd_to_txdma() writes the output report header ahead of the content in
> the same buffer, so size the allocation to cover the header as well.
> That keeps the added bound from rejecting a maximum-sized report.
>
> Fixes: 9d8d51735a3a ("HID: intel-thc-hid: intel-quickspi: Add HIDSPI protocol
> implementation")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
> Signed-off-by: HyeongJun An <sammiee5311@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: Size report_buf to cover the output report header as well, so the added
> bound cannot reject a valid maximum-sized report (raised by the Sashiko
> AI review of v1). No other change.
>
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260628133717.941389-1-
> sammiee5311@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/pci-quickspi.c | 9 ++++++++-
> drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/quickspi-dev.h | 1 + .../hid/intel-thc-
> hid/intel-quickspi/quickspi-protocol.c | 3 +++
> 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/pci-quickspi.c
> b/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/pci-quickspi.c
> index 4ae2e1718b30..da5ecfcd0fbf 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/pci-quickspi.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/pci-quickspi.c
> @@ -555,7 +555,14 @@ static int quickspi_alloc_report_buf(struct
> quickspi_device *qsdev)
> max_report_len = max(le16_to_cpu(qsdev->dev_desc.max_output_len),
> le16_to_cpu(qsdev->dev_desc.max_input_len));
>
> - qsdev->report_buf = devm_kzalloc(qsdev->dev, max_report_len,
> GFP_KERNEL);
> + /*
> + * write_cmd_to_txdma() writes the output report header ahead of the
> + * content in this buffer, so it has to hold both.
> + */
> + qsdev->report_buf_size =
> HIDSPI_OUTPUT_REPORT_SIZE(max_report_len);
> +
> + qsdev->report_buf = devm_kzalloc(qsdev->dev, qsdev->report_buf_size,
> + GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!qsdev->report_buf)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/quickspi-dev.h
> b/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/quickspi-dev.h
> index bf5e18f5a5f4..0ed964bfe3dd 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/quickspi-dev.h
> +++ b/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/quickspi-dev.h
> @@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ struct quickspi_device {
> u8 *report_descriptor;
> u8 *input_buf;
> u8 *report_buf;
> + u32 report_buf_size;
> u32 report_len;
>
> wait_queue_head_t reset_ack_wq;
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/quickspi-protocol.c
> b/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/quickspi-protocol.c
> index cb19057f1191..db6054843e77 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/quickspi-protocol.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/quickspi-protocol.c
> @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ static int write_cmd_to_txdma(struct quickspi_device
> *qsdev,
>
> write_buf = (struct output_report *)qsdev->report_buf;
>
> + if (HIDSPI_OUTPUT_REPORT_SIZE(report_buf_len) > qsdev-
> >report_buf_size)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +

Thanks for the patch!
Reviewed-by: Even Xu <even.xu@xxxxxxxxx>

> write_buf->output_hdr.report_type = report_type;
> write_buf->output_hdr.content_len = cpu_to_le16(report_buf_len);
> write_buf->output_hdr.content_id = report_id;
> --
> 2.43.0