[lvc-project] [PATCH] input: sur40: fix error recovery in sur40_probe()
Vasileios Almpanis
vasilisalmpanis at gmail.com
Mon Aug 10 17:50:09 MSK 2026
> Since an input device which has passed 'input_register_device()' should
> be released with 'input_unregister_device()', adjust 'sur40_probe()'
> to do so and call 'input_free_device()' to handle device register error
> only. To avoid V4L2 memory leak, ensure that 'v4l2_ctrl_handler_free()'
> is called on all error handling paths, including the one after
> 'video_register_device()' failure.
>
> Reported-by: syzbot+2a123f6269da57ffefaa at syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2a123f6269da57ffefaa
> Fixes: 08b936012964 ("Input: sur40 - switch to using polled mode of input devices")
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov at yandex.ru>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
> index fe63d53d56db..fe675b937b35 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
> @@ -730,6 +730,8 @@ static int sur40_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
> if (error) {
> dev_err(&interface->dev,
> "Unable to register polled input device.");
> + input_free_device(input);
> + input = NULL;
> goto err_free_buffer;
> }
>
> @@ -786,9 +788,8 @@ 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;
> + goto err_unreg_ctrl;
> }
>
> error = video_register_device(&sur40->vdev, VFL_TYPE_TOUCH, -1);
> @@ -806,12 +807,15 @@ static int sur40_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
>
> err_unreg_video:
> video_unregister_device(&sur40->vdev);
> +err_unreg_ctrl:
> + v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&sur40->hdl);
> err_unreg_v4l2:
> v4l2_device_unregister(&sur40->v4l2);
> err_free_buffer:
> kfree(sur40->bulk_in_buffer);
> err_free_input:
> - input_free_device(input);
This label is shared by three other gotos which run before input_register_device.
So for example if kmalloc(sur40->bulk_in_size) fails we will go to err_free_input
which will call input_unregister_device with a device that was never registered,
and could potentially lead to some NULL-ptr deref.
--
Vasileios Almpanis <vasilisalmpanis at gmail.com>
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