[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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