This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
HID: wacom: Treat HID_DG_TOOLSERIALNUMBER as unsigned
to the 4.10-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
hid-wacom-treat-hid_dg_toolserialnumber-as-unsigned.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 286f3f478796fb4f9e003e9f7d649f3c33f08d2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Gerecke <killertofu@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 08:39:49 -0700
Subject: HID: wacom: Treat HID_DG_TOOLSERIALNUMBER as unsigned
From: Jason Gerecke <killertofu@xxxxxxxxx>
commit 286f3f478796fb4f9e003e9f7d649f3c33f08d2f upstream.
Because HID_DG_TOOLSERIALNUMBER doesn't first cast the value recieved from HID
to an unsigned type, sign-extension rules can cause the value of
wacom_wac->serial[0] to inadvertently wind up with all 32 of its highest bits
set if the highest bit of "value" was set.
This can cause problems for Tablet PC devices which use AES sensors and the
xf86-input-wacom userspace driver. It is not uncommon for AES sensors to send a
serial number of '0' while the pen is entering or leaving proximity. The
xf86-input-wacom driver ignores events with a serial number of '0' since it
cannot match them up to an in-use tool. To ensure the xf86-input-wacom driver
does not ignore the final out-of-proximity event, the kernel does not send
MSC_SERIAL events when the value of wacom_wac->serial[0] is '0'. If the highest
bit of HID_DG_TOOLSERIALNUMBER is set by an in-prox pen which later leaves
proximity and sends a '0' for HID_DG_TOOLSERIALNUMBER, then only the lowest 32
bits of wacom_wac->serial[0] are actually cleared, causing the kernel to send
an MSC_SERIAL event. Since the 'input_event' function takes an 'int' as
argument, only those lowest (now-cleared) 32 bits of wacom_wac->serial[0] are
sent to userspace, causing xf86-input-wacom to ignore the event. If the event
was the final out-of-prox event, then xf86-input-wacom may remain in a state
where it believes the pen is in proximity and refuses to allow other devices
under its control (e.g. the touchscreen) to move the cursor.
It should be noted that EMR devices and devices which use both the
HID_DG_TOOLSERIALNUMBER and WACOM_HID_WD_SERIALHI usages (in that order) would
be immune to this issue. It appears only AES devices are affected.
Fixes: f85c9dc678a ("HID: wacom: generic: Support tool ID and additional tool types")
Signed-off-by: Jason Gerecke <jason.gerecke@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/wacom_wac.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/hid/wacom_wac.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/wacom_wac.c
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ static void wacom_wac_pen_event(struct h
return;
case HID_DG_TOOLSERIALNUMBER:
wacom_wac->serial[0] = (wacom_wac->serial[0] & ~0xFFFFFFFFULL);
- wacom_wac->serial[0] |= value;
+ wacom_wac->serial[0] |= (__u32)value;
return;
case WACOM_HID_WD_SENSE:
wacom_wac->hid_data.sense_state = value;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from killertofu@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.10/hid-wacom-treat-hid_dg_toolserialnumber-as-unsigned.patch