[PATCH v2] HID: intel-ish-hid: clamp HID device count to MAX_HID_DEVICES
From: Shen Yongchao
Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 08:58:50 EST
The HOSTIF_DM_ENUM_DEVICES response handler takes the HID device
count from the first payload byte of the ISH firmware response
(max 255) and stores it in hid_dev_count without any bounds
check. This value propagates to num_hid_devices and is used to
index five fixed-size arrays in struct ishtp_cl_data
(MAX_HID_DEVICES = 32): report_descr[], report_descr_size[],
hid_sensor_hubs[], hid_descr[], and hid_descr_size[].
If the firmware reports more than 32 devices, hid_ishtp_cl_init()
writes past all five arrays, corrupting subsequent struct fields
(including work_struct members with embedded function pointers)
and potentially adjacent heap objects.
Clamp hid_dev_count to MAX_HID_DEVICES at the single point where
it enters the driver (process_recv, ENUM_DEVICES branch), which
covers both the probe and the reset paths.
This is a data-validation hardening fix: the ISH firmware is
within the platform trust boundary (loaded via CSME).
This patch was drafted with AI assistance; the vulnerability
analysis and source-level verification were done manually.
Signed-off-by: Shen Yongchao <grayhat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 0b28cb4bcb17 ("HID: intel-ish-hid: ISH HID client driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid-client.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid-client.c b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid-client.c
index 6d64008..XXXXXXX 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid-client.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid-client.c
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ static void process_recv(struct ishtp_cl *hid_ishtp_cl, void *recv_buf,
break;
}
client_data->hid_dev_count = (unsigned int)*payload;
+ if (client_data->hid_dev_count > MAX_HID_DEVICES)
+ client_data->hid_dev_count = MAX_HID_DEVICES;
if (!client_data->hid_devices)
client_data->hid_devices = devm_kcalloc(
cl_data_to_dev(client_data),