[PATCH] HID: core: fix OOB read of field->usage in hid_set_field()

From: Baul Lee

Date: Sun Jul 26 2026 - 02:52:11 EST


hid_set_field() hands field->usage + offset to hid_dump_input() before
the guard that bounds offset:

hid_dump_input(field->report->device, field->usage + offset, value);

if (offset >= field->report_count) {
hid_err(...);
return -1;
}

Under CONFIG_DEBUG_FS hid_dump_input() dereferences that pointer, with
buf = hid_resolv_usage(usage->hid, NULL). The usage[] array is
allocated inline with the hid_field in hid_register_field() and holds
field->maxusage entries, so an offset past it reads off the end of the
kvzalloc()ed allocation and into a neighbouring object. Had the guard
run first, offset < report_count <= maxusage would already have confined
the pointer to the array.

A caller supplies such an offset today. picolcd_fb_send_tile()
validates only report->maxfield before issuing
hid_set_field(report->field[0], 11 + i, ...) for i = 0..31, so its
offsets are fixed at 11..42 and are never checked against the bound
field. When the device registers that field with fewer usages, the
framebuffer deferred-io work drives the read on every tile. KASAN
reports a 4-byte slab-out-of-bounds read in hid_dump_input() below
hid_set_field(), and the same boot logs "offset (1) exceeds
report_count (1)" from the guard that runs only afterwards.

Move the hid_dump_input() call below the guard. Because
field->maxusage >= field->report_count, the guard then establishes that
field->usage + offset lies inside the array before it is dereferenced,
for every caller and without changing behaviour on the valid path.

Discovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee <baul.lee@xxxxxxxx>

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reported-by: Federico Kirschbaum <federico.kirschbaum@xxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Baul Lee <baul.lee@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Baul Lee <baul.lee@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index f107f5103b35..c3035414109d 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -1933,13 +1933,14 @@ int hid_set_field(struct hid_field *field, unsigned offset, __s32 value)

size = field->report_size;

- hid_dump_input(field->report->device, field->usage + offset, value);
-
if (offset >= field->report_count) {
hid_err(field->report->device, "offset (%d) exceeds report_count (%d)\n",
offset, field->report_count);
return -1;
}
+
+ hid_dump_input(field->report->device, field->usage + offset, value);
+
if (field->logical_minimum < 0) {
if (value != snto32(s32ton(value, size), size)) {
hid_err(field->report->device, "value %d is out of range\n", value);
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)