Forwarded: [PATCH] Input: sur40 - fix use-after-free in sur40_open()
From: syzbot
Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 00:28:50 EST
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Subject: [PATCH] Input: sur40 - fix use-after-free in sur40_open()
Author: kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
If any of the registration steps after input_register_device()
fail (v4l2_device_register(), vb2_queue_init(), ctrl handler setup,
video_register_device()), the error path frees sur40 via
input_free_device() + kfree() without ever calling
input_unregister_device(). Since the input device was already
registered, it remains live and openable, so a racing open() (e.g.
from udevd) can dereference the freed sur40 via sur40_open().
Split the unwind so that once input_register_device() has
succeeded, the failure path properly calls input_unregister_device()
before freeing sur40 and its buffer.
Reported-by: syzbot+683f6c071b5abfc266c1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=683f6c071b5abfc266c1
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
index 77ec2c94b91f..4b3a4d5386e4 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
@@ -808,6 +808,10 @@ static int sur40_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
video_unregister_device(&sur40->vdev);
err_unreg_v4l2:
v4l2_device_unregister(&sur40->v4l2);
+ input_unregister_device(input);
+ kfree(sur40->bulk_in_buffer);
+ kfree(sur40);
+ return error;
err_free_buffer:
kfree(sur40->bulk_in_buffer);
err_free_input:
--
2.43.0