Forwarded: [PATCH] HID: roccat: fix use-after-free and uninitialized-mutex races
From: syzbot
Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 19:55:17 EST
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Subject: [PATCH] HID: roccat: fix use-after-free and uninitialized-mutex races
Author: kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
roccat_disconnect() dropped devices_lock between reading device->exist
and later checking device->open to decide whether to free the device,
letting a concurrent roccat_release() free it first and turning the
later check into a use-after-free. Fix by keeping the whole lookup,
state update, and free-or-keep decision inside one devices_lock
critical section.
roccat_connect() also published the device via devices[minor] and
device_create() before initializing device->readers_lock and
device->cbuf_lock, letting a racing open() on the newly created node
take an uninitialized mutex. Fix by completing all initialization
before publishing the device.
Reported-by: syzbot+c492a9e154f81127551f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c492a9e154f81127551f
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c
index 4f15eb951039..00499d6fa748 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c
@@ -316,6 +316,14 @@ int roccat_connect(const struct class *klass, struct hid_device *hid, int report
if (!device)
return -ENOMEM;
+ init_waitqueue_head(&device->wait);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&device->readers);
+ mutex_init(&device->readers_lock);
+ mutex_init(&device->cbuf_lock);
+ device->hid = hid;
+ device->exist = 1;
+ device->cbuf_end = 0;
+ device->report_size = report_size;
mutex_lock(&devices_lock);
for (minor = 0; minor < ROCCAT_MAX_DEVICES; ++minor) {
@@ -324,37 +332,30 @@ int roccat_connect(const struct class *klass, struct hid_device *hid, int report
break;
}
- if (minor < ROCCAT_MAX_DEVICES) {
- devices[minor] = device;
- } else {
+ if (minor >= ROCCAT_MAX_DEVICES) {
mutex_unlock(&devices_lock);
kfree(device);
return -EINVAL;
}
+ device->minor = minor;
+
device->dev = device_create(klass, &hid->dev,
MKDEV(roccat_major, minor), NULL,
"%s%s%d", "roccat", hid->driver->name, minor);
if (IS_ERR(device->dev)) {
- devices[minor] = NULL;
mutex_unlock(&devices_lock);
temp = PTR_ERR(device->dev);
kfree(device);
return temp;
}
- mutex_unlock(&devices_lock);
+ /* Only publish once fully initialized, so roccat_open()/
+ * roccat_disconnect() never see a half-built device. */
+ devices[minor] = device;
- init_waitqueue_head(&device->wait);
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&device->readers);
- mutex_init(&device->readers_lock);
- mutex_init(&device->cbuf_lock);
- device->minor = minor;
- device->hid = hid;
- device->exist = 1;
- device->cbuf_end = 0;
- device->report_size = report_size;
+ mutex_unlock(&devices_lock);
return minor;
}
@@ -369,15 +370,12 @@ void roccat_disconnect(int minor)
mutex_lock(&devices_lock);
device = devices[minor];
- mutex_unlock(&devices_lock);
device->exist = 0; /* TODO exist maybe not needed */
device_destroy(device->dev->class, MKDEV(roccat_major, minor));
- mutex_lock(&devices_lock);
devices[minor] = NULL;
- mutex_unlock(&devices_lock);
if (device->open) {
hid_hw_close(device->hid);
@@ -385,6 +383,8 @@ void roccat_disconnect(int minor)
} else {
roccat_free_device(device);
}
+
+ mutex_unlock(&devices_lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(roccat_disconnect);
--
2.43.0