[lvc-project] [PATCH v2] HID: usbhid: Eliminate recurrent out-of-bounds bug in usbhid_parse()

Jiri Kosina jikos at kernel.org
Thu Apr 24 12:31:49 MSK 2025


On Wed, 12 Mar 2025, Terry Junge wrote:

> Update struct hid_descriptor to better reflect the mandatory and
> optional parts of the HID Descriptor as per USB HID 1.11 specification.
> Note: the kernel currently does not parse any optional HID class
> descriptors, only the mandatory report descriptor.
> 
> Update all references to member element desc[0] to rpt_desc.
> 
> Add test to verify bLength and bNumDescriptors values are valid.
> 
> Replace the for loop with direct access to the mandatory HID class
> descriptor member for the report descriptor. This eliminates the
> possibility of getting an out-of-bounds fault.
> 
> Add a warning message if the HID descriptor contains any unsupported
> optional HID class descriptors.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+c52569baf0c843f35495 at syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c52569baf0c843f35495
> Fixes: f043bfc98c19 ("HID: usbhid: fix out-of-bounds bug")
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Terry Junge <linuxhid at cosmicgizmosystems.com>

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs




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