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FKIE_CVE-2026-80780

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-04 16:18 - Updated: 2026-09-04 16:18
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: pidff: fix OOB write when hid->inputs is empty hid_pidff_init_with_quirks() derives its input_dev from list_entry(hid->inputs.next, struct hid_input, list) without first checking that hid->inputs is non-empty. The list member of struct hid_input is at offset 0, so on an empty list list_entry() yields &hid->inputs itself and the following hidinput->input load reads an unrelated member of struct hid_device. dev is then a type-confused pointer, and force-feedback init writes through it: each set_bit(FF_*, dev->ffbit) stores 8 bytes at dev + 192, past the end of the object dev actually aliases, and input_ff_create() adds further writes of a heap pointer and two function pointers. Until hid-universal-pidff the only caller was hid_pidff_init() from usbhid, which runs under HID_CLAIMED_INPUT and therefore always has at least one hid_input. universal_pidff_probe() starts the device with HID_CONNECT_DEFAULT & ~HID_CONNECT_FF and then calls hid_pidff_init_with_quirks() directly whenever the descriptor carries a PID usage page, bypassing that gate. A report descriptor whose only application collection is on HID_UP_PID leaves hid->inputs empty while hid_connect() still succeeds through the hidraw claim, so probe reaches the unguarded list_entry(). The write happens in the USB probe path, on the hotplug workqueue, so plugging in a malicious device is enough to trigger it; no attacker software and no logged-in user are required. KASAN reports an 8-byte out-of-bounds write in hid_pidff_init_with_quirks() reached from universal_pidff_probe(). Check for an empty list before deriving dev and return -ENODEV, as the other HID force-feedback drivers already do. universal_pidff_probe() propagates the error and unwinds. Discovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee <baul.lee@xbow.com>
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e0471bf3ab2a6b7eedcc3b8a2a17286b6a9ae1a
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4529c03c3da8f91392cd630453452f569973f4cd
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67bb1074e3d2d12fa059a9cc707e89398a4e4704
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86b63adfa5e132beac4be72668fdf9128fe51d2e
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad9330f7e74a97842815a291a0d7389ed2f34504
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d416eeb7d016d82af67c149d884bc6a9323c4ac7
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: pidff: fix OOB write when hid-\u003einputs is empty\n\nhid_pidff_init_with_quirks() derives its input_dev from\n\n\tlist_entry(hid-\u003einputs.next, struct hid_input, list)\n\nwithout first checking that hid-\u003einputs is non-empty.  The list member\nof struct hid_input is at offset 0, so on an empty list list_entry()\nyields \u0026hid-\u003einputs itself and the following hidinput-\u003einput load reads\nan unrelated member of struct hid_device.  dev is then a type-confused\npointer, and force-feedback init writes through it: each\nset_bit(FF_*, dev-\u003effbit) stores 8 bytes at dev + 192, past the end of\nthe object dev actually aliases, and input_ff_create() adds further\nwrites of a heap pointer and two function pointers.\n\nUntil hid-universal-pidff the only caller was hid_pidff_init() from\nusbhid, which runs under HID_CLAIMED_INPUT and therefore always has at\nleast one hid_input.  universal_pidff_probe() starts the device with\nHID_CONNECT_DEFAULT \u0026 ~HID_CONNECT_FF and then calls\nhid_pidff_init_with_quirks() directly whenever the descriptor carries a\nPID usage page, bypassing that gate.  A report descriptor whose only\napplication collection is on HID_UP_PID leaves hid-\u003einputs empty while\nhid_connect() still succeeds through the hidraw claim, so probe reaches\nthe unguarded list_entry().\n\nThe write happens in the USB probe path, on the hotplug workqueue, so\nplugging in a malicious device is enough to trigger it; no attacker\nsoftware and no logged-in user are required.  KASAN reports an 8-byte\nout-of-bounds write in hid_pidff_init_with_quirks() reached from\nuniversal_pidff_probe().\n\nCheck for an empty list before deriving dev and return -ENODEV, as the\nother HID force-feedback drivers already do.  universal_pidff_probe()\npropagates the error and unwinds.\n\nDiscovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee \u003cbaul.lee@xbow.com\u003e"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-80780",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-04T16:18:03.723",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-09-04T16:18:03.723",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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