Forwarded: [PATCH] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in v4l2_release (3)
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Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 08:14:55 EST
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Subject: [PATCH] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in v4l2_release (3)
Author: jchuang26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 08df884136f1c1197bab2a27814404fd329d9aac
Reported-by: syzbot+34957180b0ed2581edaf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
index 09d8c5f8d..4da6ad1c3 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
@@ -647,6 +647,24 @@ static int sur40_input_setup_events(struct input_dev *input_dev)
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * Final cleanup of the driver state. This runs through v4l2_device_put()
+ * once the last reference to the v4l2_device is gone, i.e. after
+ * video_unregister_device() and after every open file descriptor of the
+ * video node has been closed. Freeing sur40 earlier (for instance
+ * directly in sur40_disconnect()) would let v4l2_release() access the
+ * already freed video_device.
+ */
+static void sur40_v4l2_release(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
+{
+ struct sur40_state *sur40 = container_of(v4l2_dev, struct sur40_state, v4l2);
+
+ v4l2_device_unregister(&sur40->v4l2);
+ v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&sur40->hdl);
+ kfree(sur40->bulk_in_buffer);
+ kfree(sur40);
+}
+
/* Check candidate USB interface. */
static int sur40_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
const struct usb_device_id *id)
@@ -727,6 +745,7 @@ static int sur40_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
/* register the video master device */
snprintf(sur40->v4l2.name, sizeof(sur40->v4l2.name), "%s", DRIVER_LONG);
+ sur40->v4l2.release = sur40_v4l2_release;
error = v4l2_device_register(sur40->dev, &sur40->v4l2);
if (error) {
dev_err(&interface->dev,
@@ -778,7 +797,6 @@ static int sur40_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
if (sur40->hdl.error) {
dev_err(&interface->dev,
"Unable to register video controls.");
- v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&sur40->hdl);
error = sur40->hdl.error;
goto err_unreg_v4l2;
}
@@ -787,7 +805,7 @@ static int sur40_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
if (error) {
dev_err(&interface->dev,
"Unable to register video subdevice.");
- goto err_free_ctrl;
+ goto err_unreg_v4l2;
}
/* register the polled input device */
@@ -806,10 +824,17 @@ static int sur40_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
err_unreg_video:
video_unregister_device(&sur40->vdev);
-err_free_ctrl:
- v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&sur40->hdl);
err_unreg_v4l2:
- v4l2_device_unregister(&sur40->v4l2);
+ /*
+ * Drop the reference taken above by v4l2_device_register(). The
+ * last reference releases sur40 via sur40_v4l2_release(), which
+ * also frees the control handler and the bulk buffer.
+ */
+ input_free_device(input);
+ v4l2_device_put(&sur40->v4l2);
+
+ return error;
+
err_free_buffer:
kfree(sur40->bulk_in_buffer);
err_free_input:
@@ -827,15 +852,19 @@ static void sur40_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)
input_unregister_device(sur40->input);
- v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&sur40->hdl);
video_unregister_device(&sur40->vdev);
v4l2_device_unregister(&sur40->v4l2);
- kfree(sur40->bulk_in_buffer);
- kfree(sur40);
-
usb_set_intfdata(interface, NULL);
dev_dbg(&interface->dev, "%s is now disconnected\n", DRIVER_DESC);
+
+ /*
+ * Release the reference taken by v4l2_device_register(). If the
+ * video node is still open, sur40_v4l2_release() is deferred until
+ * the last file descriptor is closed, so sur40 stays valid for
+ * v4l2_release().
+ */
+ v4l2_device_put(&sur40->v4l2);
}
/*