[PATCH 3/7] Input: gscps2 - protect buffer access in read and report helpers
From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Sun Aug 30 2026 - 16:53:30 EST
In gscps2_report_data(), the ring buffer consumer index ps2port->act was
read and updated locklessly. When gscps2_interrupt() was called from
process context (such as during port write or open) concurrently with a
hardware interrupt running on another CPU, two execution contexts could
execute gscps2_report_data() simultaneously for the same port, racing on
ps2port->act and leading to duplicate, skipped, or out-of-order bytes.
Protect buffer access by taking ps2port->lock inside gscps2_read_data()
and gscps2_report_data(). In gscps2_report_data(), acquire ps2port->lock
only when popping entries from the ring buffer and release it before
calling serio_interrupt() to avoid recursive deadlocks if the input
driver synchronously sends a command back via serio_write().
Reported-by: sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/serio/gscps2.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/gscps2.c b/drivers/input/serio/gscps2.c
index 5b6e311f8a02..fef6fffb6f86 100644
--- a/drivers/input/serio/gscps2.c
+++ b/drivers/input/serio/gscps2.c
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ static void gscps2_read_data(struct gscps2port *ps2port)
{
u8 status;
+ guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&ps2port->lock);
+
do {
status = gscps2_readb_status(ps2port->addr);
if (!(status & GSC_STAT_RBNE))
@@ -255,7 +257,7 @@ static bool gscps2_report_data(struct gscps2port *ps2port)
unsigned int rxflags;
u8 data, status;
- while (ps2port->act != ps2port->append) {
+ while (true) {
/*
* Did new data arrived while we read existing data ?
* If yes, exit now and let the new irq handler start
@@ -264,17 +266,20 @@ static bool gscps2_report_data(struct gscps2port *ps2port)
if (gscps2_readb_status(ps2port->addr) & GSC_STAT_CMPINTR)
return true;
- status = ps2port->buffer[ps2port->act].str;
- data = ps2port->buffer[ps2port->act].data;
+ scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &ps2port->lock) {
+ if (ps2port->act == ps2port->append)
+ return false;
+
+ status = ps2port->buffer[ps2port->act].str;
+ data = ps2port->buffer[ps2port->act].data;
+ ps2port->act = (ps2port->act + 1) & BUFFER_SIZE;
+ }
- ps2port->act = (ps2port->act + 1) & BUFFER_SIZE;
rxflags = ((status & GSC_STAT_TERR) ? SERIO_TIMEOUT : 0) |
((status & GSC_STAT_PERR) ? SERIO_PARITY : 0);
serio_interrupt(ps2port->port, data, rxflags);
}
-
- return false;
}
/**
@@ -296,11 +301,8 @@ static irqreturn_t gscps2_interrupt(int irq, void *dev)
guard(rcu)();
- list_for_each_entry_rcu(ps2port, &ps2port_list, node) {
- guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&ps2port->lock);
-
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(ps2port, &ps2port_list, node)
gscps2_read_data(ps2port);
- }
/* all data was read from the ports - now report the data to upper layer */
list_for_each_entry_rcu(ps2port, &ps2port_list, node) {
--
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