[PATCH v2 3/4] HID: intel-ish-hid: prevent size_t underflow in report_list parsing

From: Shen Yongchao

Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 09:00:29 EST


payload_len is computed as report_len - sizeof(struct
hostif_msg_hdr) where report_len is a firmware-controlled u16
stored in a size_t. Values 0..5 underflow to ~SIZE_MAX, causing
hid_input_report() to read far past the receive buffer.

Add an explicit check for report_len < sizeof(struct
hostif_msg_hdr) and use a local inner_len variable instead of
overwriting the outer loop's payload_len.


Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Shen Yongchao <grayhat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 0b28cb4bcb17 ("HID: intel-ish-hid: ISH HID client driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid-client.c b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid-client.c
index 6609130ce..efe5c5326 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid-client.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid-client.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ static void process_recv(struct ishtp_cl *hid_ishtp_cl, void *recv_buf,
u8 *pos;
u8 *list_end;
size_t report_len;
+ size_t inner_len;
struct ishtp_cl_data *client_data = ishtp_get_client_data(hid_ishtp_cl);
int curr_hid_dev = client_data->cur_hid_dev;
struct ishtp_hid_data *hid_data = NULL;
@@ -293,8 +294,11 @@ static void process_recv(struct ishtp_cl *hid_ishtp_cl, void *recv_buf,
recv_msg = container_of(&report->msg,
struct hostif_msg, hdr);
report_len = report->size;
- payload = recv_msg->payload;
- payload_len = report_len -
+ if (report_len < sizeof(struct hostif_msg_hdr))
+ break;
+
+
+ inner_len = report_len -
sizeof(struct hostif_msg_hdr);

for (i = 0; i < client_data->num_hid_devices;
@@ -306,11 +310,11 @@ static void process_recv(struct ishtp_cl *hid_ishtp_cl, void *recv_buf,
client_data->hid_sensor_hubs[
i],
report_type,
- payload, payload_len,
+ recv_msg->payload, inner_len,
0);
}

- pos += sizeof(struct report) + payload_len;
+ pos += sizeof(struct report) + inner_len;
}
break;
default: