hidpp_connect_event() has *four* time-of-check vs time-of-use (TOCTOU) races when it races with itself. hidpp_connect_event() primarily runs from a workqueue but it also runs on probe() and if a "device-connected" packet is received by the hw when the thread running hidpp_connect_event() from probe() is waiting on the hw, then a second thread running hidpp_connect_event() will be started from the workqueue. This opens the following races (note the below code is simplified): 1. Retrieving + printing the protocol (harmless race): if (!hidpp->protocol_major) { hidpp_root_get_protocol_version() hidpp->protocol_major = response.rap.params[0]; } We can actually see this race hit in the dmesg in the abrt output attached to rhbz#2227968: [ 3064.624215] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4071.0049: HID++ 4.5 device connected. [ 3064.658184] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4071.0049: HID++ 4.5 device connected. Testing with extra logging added has shown that after this the 2 threads take turn grabbing the hw access mutex (send_mutex) so they ping-pong through all the other TOCTOU cases managing to hit all of them: 2. Updating the name to the HIDPP name (harmless race): if (hidpp->name == hdev->name) { ... hidpp->name = new_name; } 3. Initializing the power_supply class for the battery (problematic!): hidpp_initialize_battery() { if (hidpp->battery.ps) return 0; probe_battery(); /* Blocks, threads take turns executing this */ hidpp->battery.desc.properties = devm_kmemdup(dev, hidpp_battery_props, cnt, GFP_KERNEL); hidpp->battery.ps = devm_power_supply_register(&hidpp->hid_dev->dev, &hidpp->battery.desc, cfg); } 4. Creating delayed input_device (potentially problematic): if (hidpp->delayed_input) return; hidpp->delayed_input = hidpp_allocate_input(hdev); The really big problem here is 3. Hitting the race leads to the following sequence: hidpp->battery.desc.properties = devm_kmemdup(dev, hidpp_battery_props, cnt, GFP_KERNEL); hidpp->battery.ps = devm_power_supply_register(&hidpp->hid_dev->dev, &hidpp->battery.desc, cfg); ... hidpp->battery.desc.properties = devm_kmemdup(dev, hidpp_battery_props, cnt, GFP_KERNEL); hidpp->battery.ps = devm_power_supply_register(&hidpp->hid_dev->dev, &hidpp->battery.desc, cfg); So now we have registered 2 power supplies for the same battery, which looks a bit weird from userspace's pov but this is not even the really big problem. Notice how: 1. This is all devm-maganaged 2. The hidpp->battery.desc struct is shared between the 2 power supplies 3. hidpp->battery.desc points to the result from the second devm_kmemdup() This causes a use after free scenario on USB disconnect of the receiver: 1. The last registered power supply class device gets unregistered 2. The memory from the last devm_kmemdup() call gets freed, hidpp->battery.desc.properties now points to freed memory 3. The first registered power supply class device gets unregistered, this involves sending a remove uevent to userspace which invokes power_supply_uevent() to fill the uevent data 4. power_supply_uevent() uses hidpp->battery.desc.properties which now points to freed memory leading to backtraces like this one: Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffb2140e017f08 ... Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: RIP: 0010:power_supply_uevent+0xee/0x1d0 ... Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: ? power_supply_uevent+0xee/0x1d0 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: ? power_supply_uevent+0x10d/0x1d0 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: dev_uevent+0x10f/0x2d0 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: kobject_uevent_env+0x291/0x680 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: power_supply_unregister+0x8e/0xa0 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: release_nodes+0x3d/0xb0 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: devres_release_group+0xfc/0x130 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: hid_device_remove+0x56/0xa0 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: device_release_driver_internal+0x19f/0x200 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: bus_remove_device+0xc6/0x130 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: device_del+0x15c/0x3f0 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: ? __queue_work+0x1df/0x440 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: hid_destroy_device+0x4b/0x60 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: logi_dj_remove+0x9a/0x100 [hid_logitech_dj 5c91534a0ead2b65e04dd799a0437e3b99b21bc4] Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: hid_device_remove+0x44/0xa0 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: device_release_driver_internal+0x19f/0x200 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: bus_remove_device+0xc6/0x130 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: device_del+0x15c/0x3f0 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: ? __queue_work+0x1df/0x440 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: hid_destroy_device+0x4b/0x60 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: usbhid_disconnect+0x47/0x60 [usbhid 727dcc1c0b94e6b4418727a468398ac3bca492f3] Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: usb_unbind_interface+0x90/0x270 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: device_release_driver_internal+0x19f/0x200 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: bus_remove_device+0xc6/0x130 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: device_del+0x15c/0x3f0 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: ? kobject_put+0xa0/0x1d0 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: usb_disable_device+0xcd/0x1e0 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: usb_disconnect+0xde/0x2c0 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: usb_disconnect+0xc3/0x2c0 Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: hub_event+0xe80/0x1c10 There have been quite a few bug reports (see Link tags) about this crash. Fix all the TOCTOU issues, including the really bad power-supply related system crash on USB disconnect, by making probe() use the workqueue for running hidpp_connect_event() too, so that it can never run more then once. Link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2227221 Link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2227968 Link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2227968 Link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242189 Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217412#c58 Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c b/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c index ff077df0babf..a209d51bd247 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c @@ -4515,7 +4515,8 @@ static int hidpp_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id) goto hid_hw_init_fail; } - hidpp_connect_event(hidpp); + schedule_work(&hidpp->work); + flush_work(&hidpp->work); if (will_restart) { /* Reset the HID node state */ -- 2.41.0