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HID: picolcd: clamp eeprom debugfs read to bytes actually received

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PATCH 1/1 HID: picolcd: clamp eeprom debugfs read to bytes actually received

picolcd_debug_eeprom_read() trusts resp->raw_data[2] -- a length byte supplied by the device in its REPORT_EE_DATA reply -- clamped only to the caller's read() count:

	ret = resp->raw_data[2];
	if (ret > s)
		ret = s;
	if (copy_to_user(u, resp->raw_data+3, ret))

It never checks resp->raw_size, the number of bytes picolcd_raw_event() actually copied into the 64-byte raw_data[] of the kmalloc'd struct picolcd_pending. A device (or a spoofed picoLCD) returning a length byte of 0xff, read with a count >= 255, makes copy_to_user() read past raw_data[] into adjacent slab memory and return it to userspace through the debugfs "eeprom" file:

	BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _copy_to_user
	Read of size 255 ... picolcd_debug_eeprom_read+0x214/0x2f0 [hid_picolcd]

The debug-dump path in the same file already validates the device length byte against the received size before trusting it; this read does not. The file is created S_IRUSR (root-only) and a crafted device is needed, so it is neither unprivileged- nor remotely-triggerable.

Clamp the copy length to resp->raw_size - 3 (the payload actually received, minus the 3-byte header), floored at 0 for short replies.

Fixes 9bbf2b98ba11 ("HID: add experimental access to PicoLCD device's EEPROM and FLASH")
Assisted-by AuditCode-AI:2026.07
---
 drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_debugfs.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_debugfs.c +9 -0
index 085847a92e07..1f7dfe60e9ba 100644
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ static ssize_t picolcd_debug_eeprom_read(struct file *f, char __user *u,
 		ret = resp->raw_data[2];
 		if (ret > s)
 			ret = s;
+		/*
+		 * raw_data[2] is a device-supplied length; also clamp it to
+		 * what picolcd_raw_event() actually stored (raw_size), or a
+		 * hostile device overruns the raw_data[] buffer.
+		 */
+		if (ret > resp->raw_size - 3)
+			ret = resp->raw_size - 3;
+		if (ret < 0)
+			ret = 0;
 		if (copy_to_user(u, resp->raw_data+3, ret))
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 		else
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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:

Pre-existing issues:
- [High] Use-After-Free on data->rc_dev and data->input_keys due to race in probe error path. --

--- Patch [1]: [PATCH] HID: picolcd: clamp eeprom debugfs read to bytes actually received --- commit 16232239549016339287f47b37b440446a47d534
Author: Ibrahim Hashimov <[email protected]>

HID: picolcd: clamp eeprom debugfs read to bytes actually received

This commit fixes an out-of-bounds slab read in picolcd_debug_eeprom_read() by correctly clamping the copy length to the received payload size.

drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_debugfs.c

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drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_debugfs.c +0 -0
index 085847a92e07d..1f7dfe60e9ba2 100644

[ ... ]

[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but I noticed a potential use-after-free in the probe error path.

If a USB device continuously sends interrupt IN packets to trigger picolcd_raw_event() while intentionally failing device initialization, could this cause a race condition?

In drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c:picolcd_probe_lcd(), the probe error handler destroys the cir and keys objects while the HID device is still open:

err:

	picolcd_exit_leds(data);
	picolcd_exit_framebuffer(data);
	picolcd_exit_backlight(data);
	picolcd_exit_lcd(data);
	picolcd_exit_cir(data);
	picolcd_exit_keys(data);
	return error;

Because hid_hw_close() isn't called until later, picolcd_raw_event() can concurrently dereference the freed data->rc_dev pointer outside of the spinlock in drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_cir.c:picolcd_raw_cir():

	spin_lock_irqsave(&data->lock, flags);
	if (!data->rc_dev || (data->status & PICOLCD_CIR_SHUN)) {
		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&data->lock, flags);
		return 1;
	}
	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&data->lock, flags);

	// ... [IR data processing] ...

	ir_raw_event_store(data->rc_dev, &rawir);

The same timing issue appears to apply to data->input_keys, which is accessed locklessly in drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c:picolcd_raw_keypad():

		input_event(data->input_keys, EV_MSC, MSC_SCAN, raw_data[i]);
		if (raw_data[i] < PICOLCD_KEYS)
			key_code = data->keycode[raw_data[i]];

Could this allow concurrent events to use these pointers after they are freed by picolcd_exit_cir() and picolcd_exit_keys()?

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Quoted 24 lines · Ibrahim Hashimov

picolcd_debug_eeprom_read() trusts resp->raw_data[2] -- a length byte supplied by the device in its REPORT_EE_DATA reply -- clamped only to the caller's read() count:

	ret = resp->raw_data[2];
	if (ret > s)
		ret = s;
	if (copy_to_user(u, resp->raw_data+3, ret))

It never checks resp->raw_size, the number of bytes picolcd_raw_event() actually copied into the 64-byte raw_data[] of the kmalloc'd struct picolcd_pending. A device (or a spoofed picoLCD) returning a length byte of 0xff, read with a count >= 255, makes copy_to_user() read past raw_data[] into adjacent slab memory and return it to userspace through the debugfs "eeprom" file:

	BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _copy_to_user
	Read of size 255 ... picolcd_debug_eeprom_read+0x214/0x2f0 [hid_picolcd]

The debug-dump path in the same file already validates the device length byte against the received size before trusting it; this read does not. The file is created S_IRUSR (root-only) and a crafted device is needed, so it is neither unprivileged- nor remotely-triggerable.

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Clamp the copy length to resp->raw_size - 3 (the payload actually received, minus the 3-byte header), floored at 0 for short replies.

Fixes 9bbf2b98ba11 ("HID: add experimental access to PicoLCD device's EEPROM and FLASH")
Assisted-by AuditCode-AI:2026.07

Applied, thanks.

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs