[PATCH] HID: corsair: do not re-schedule LED worker after it has been cancelled
From: Chen Changcheng
Date: Mon Aug 17 2026 - 03:29:09 EST
From: Chen Changcheng <chenchangcheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Commit eb51c9f8cb4f0 ("HID: corsair: cancel worker before unregistering
LED to fix use-after-free") moved cancel_work_sync() ahead of
led_classdev_unregister() in k90_cleanup_backlight() and
k90_cleanup_macro_functions(). led_classdev_unregister() internally
calls led_set_brightness(LED_OFF), which reaches the driver's
k90_brightness_set() callback. Since that callback schedules the worker
unconditionally, the worker was re-queued after cancel_work_sync() had
drained it, and the subsequent kfree() freed a still-active work_struct:
ODEBUG: free active (active state 0) object type: work_struct
hint: k90_record_led_work
The removed flag check inside the worker itself only stops it from
dereferencing freed memory once it runs; it cannot prevent the re-queue.
Fix this by making k90_brightness_set() a no-op once removed is set, so
the LED_OFF update issued from led_classdev_unregister() can no longer
re-schedule the worker after it has been cancelled. Also apply the
cancel-before-unregister ordering to the probe error path
(k90_init_macro_functions() fail_sysfs) for consistency.
Fixes: eb51c9f8cb4f0 ("HID: corsair: cancel worker before unregistering LED to fix use-after-free")
Reported-by: syzbot+0a031a76585d1c7e737d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Chen Changcheng <chenchangcheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c b/drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c
index 278c6efb565d..73b3c1ff78c6 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ static void k90_brightness_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
{
struct k90_led *led = container_of(led_cdev, struct k90_led, cdev);
+ if (led->removed)
+ return;
+
led->brightness = brightness;
schedule_work(&led->work);
}
@@ -507,8 +510,8 @@ static int k90_init_macro_functions(struct hid_device *dev)
fail_sysfs:
k90->record_led.removed = true;
- led_classdev_unregister(&k90->record_led.cdev);
cancel_work_sync(&k90->record_led.work);
+ led_classdev_unregister(&k90->record_led.cdev);
fail_record_led:
kfree(k90->record_led.cdev.name);
fail_record_led_alloc:
--
2.25.1