[lvc-project] [PATCH] HID: usbhid: free unsent raw output reports in usbhid_stop()

Dmitry Antipov dmantipov at yandex.ru
Wed Aug 19 12:09:37 MSK 2026


When HID device is stalled or unexpectedly removed, there might be
an unsent (i.e. never passed via 'hid_submit_out()') output reports.
So free their raw buffers in 'usbhid_stop()' to avoid memory leaks.

Reported-by: syzbot+e2c057ea576d2644e2be at syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e2c057ea576d2644e2be
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov at yandex.ru>
---
This is an (obvious?) companion patch for f7744fa16b9 ("HID: usbhid:
free raw_report buffers in usbhid_stop").
---
 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
index 96b0181cf819..599a7566b825 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
@@ -1253,6 +1253,14 @@ static void usbhid_stop(struct hid_device *hid)
 		usbhid->ctrltail = (usbhid->ctrltail + 1) &
 			(HID_CONTROL_FIFO_SIZE - 1);
 	}
+
+	while (usbhid->outtail != usbhid->outhead) {
+		kfree(usbhid->out[usbhid->outtail].raw_report);
+		usbhid->out[usbhid->outtail].raw_report = NULL;
+
+		usbhid->outtail = (usbhid->outtail + 1) &
+			(HID_CONTROL_FIFO_SIZE - 1);
+	}
 	spin_unlock_irq(&usbhid->lock);
 
 	usb_kill_urb(usbhid->urbin);
-- 
2.55.0




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