[PATCH v8 2/2] HID: multitouch: fix use-after-free of haptic data on delayed input release

From: Aldo Ariel Panzardo

Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 14:29:13 EST


mt_probe() allocates td->haptic with devm_kzalloc() and hid_haptic_init()
stores it in ff->private. When the HID device is removed while an evdev
fd is still held, devres frees td->haptic at unbind but
hid_haptic_destroy() runs later from input_dev_release() and dereferences
the freed pointer. input_ff_destroy() then double-frees it via
kfree(ff->private).

Move all resource cleanup into a devm_add_action() callback so it runs
at unbind before devres frees the struct. hid_haptic_destroy() becomes
ff->private = NULL plus module_put() -- keeping the module loaded until
the FF subsystem is done with the callback. A second __module_get()
covers hid_haptic_devm_release() itself, dropped after input_put_device().
The input device is pinned with input_get_device() to prevent concurrent
release during the devres action; the workqueue is drained first while
all buffers are still live.

Guard against double-init when multiple touchpad collections trigger
hid_haptic_init() for the same haptic struct.

Fixes: 8d0bf7908b5a ("HID: multitouch: add haptic multitouch support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-haptic.c | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-haptic.c b/drivers/hid/hid-haptic.c
index b8aa4bf..e4e9bb9 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-haptic.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-haptic.c
@@ -379,32 +379,61 @@ static int hid_haptic_erase(struct input_dev *dev, int effect_id)

static void hid_haptic_destroy(struct ff_device *ff)
{
- struct hid_haptic_device *haptic = ff->private;
- struct hid_device *hdev = haptic->hdev;
+ /*
+ * Resource cleanup is handled by hid_haptic_devm_release() at
+ * driver unbind. Disconnect the FF pointer so input_ff_destroy()'s
+ * kfree(ff->private) becomes kfree(NULL). Drop the module
+ * reference last -- it must outlive this callback.
+ */
+ ff->private = NULL;
+ module_put(THIS_MODULE);
+}
+
+static void hid_haptic_devm_release(void *data)
+{
+ struct hid_haptic_device *haptic = data;
+ struct input_dev *dev = haptic->input_dev;
int r;

- if (hdev)
- put_device(&hdev->dev);
+ /*
+ * Drain pending work first -- handlers dereference ff->private
+ * through the input_dev, so the workqueue must be idle before
+ * we NULL that pointer or free any buffers.
+ */
+ if (haptic->wq) {
+ destroy_workqueue(haptic->wq);
+ haptic->wq = NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (dev && dev->ff && dev->ff->private == haptic)
+ dev->ff->private = NULL;
+
+ if (haptic->hdev) {
+ put_device(&haptic->hdev->dev);
+ haptic->hdev = NULL;
+ }

kfree(haptic->stop_effect.report_buf);
haptic->stop_effect.report_buf = NULL;

if (haptic->effect) {
- for (r = 0; r < ff->max_effects; r++)
+ for (r = 0; r < FF_MAX_EFFECTS; r++)
kfree(haptic->effect[r].report_buf);
kfree(haptic->effect);
}
haptic->effect = NULL;

- destroy_workqueue(haptic->wq);
- haptic->wq = NULL;
-
kfree(haptic->duration_map);
haptic->duration_map = NULL;

kfree(haptic->hid_usage_map);
haptic->hid_usage_map = NULL;

+ if (dev) {
+ input_put_device(dev);
+ haptic->input_dev = NULL;
+ }
+
module_put(THIS_MODULE);
}

@@ -419,6 +448,11 @@ int hid_haptic_init(struct hid_device *hdev,
};
const char *prefix = "hid-haptic";
char *name;
+ int (*saved_flush)(struct input_dev *, struct file *);
+ int (*saved_event)(struct input_dev *, unsigned int, unsigned int, int);
+
+ if (haptic->wq)
+ return 0;

haptic->hdev = hdev;
haptic->max_waveform_id = max(2u, haptic->max_waveform_id);
@@ -511,6 +545,8 @@ int hid_haptic_init(struct hid_device *hdev,
goto ff_cap_clear;
}

+ saved_flush = dev->flush;
+ saved_event = dev->event;
ret = input_ff_create(dev, FF_MAX_EFFECTS);
if (ret) {
dev_err(&hdev->dev, "Failed to create ff device.\n");
@@ -525,6 +561,28 @@ int hid_haptic_init(struct hid_device *hdev,
ff->playback = hid_haptic_playback;
ff->erase = hid_haptic_erase;
ff->destroy = hid_haptic_destroy;
+
+ /*
+ * Pin the input device so it cannot be released concurrently
+ * with our devres cleanup, and take a second module reference
+ * so the module stays loaded while hid_haptic_devm_release()
+ * executes (the first ref is dropped by hid_haptic_destroy()
+ * which may run inside input_put_device() below).
+ */
+ input_get_device(dev);
+ __module_get(THIS_MODULE);
+
+ ret = devm_add_action(&hdev->dev, hid_haptic_devm_release, haptic);
+ if (ret) {
+ module_put(THIS_MODULE);
+ input_ff_destroy(dev);
+ dev->flush = saved_flush;
+ dev->event = saved_event;
+ input_put_device(dev);
+ put_device(&hdev->dev);
+ goto ff_cap_clear;
+ }
+
return 0;

ff_cap_clear:
--
2.53.0