HID: core: fix OOB read of field->usage in hid_set_field()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: fix OOB read of field->usage in hid_set_field() hid_set_field() hands field->usage + offset to hid_dump_input() before the guard that bounds offset: hid_dump_input(field->report->device, field->usage + offset, value); if (offset >= field->report_count) { hid_err(...); return -1; } Under CONFIG_DEBUG_FS hid_dump_input() dereferences that pointer, with buf = hid_resolv_usage(usage->hid, NULL). The usage[] array is allocated inline with the hid_field in hid_register_field() and holds field->maxusage entries, so an offset past it reads off the end of the kvzalloc()ed allocation and into a neighbouring object. Had the guard run first, offset < report_count <= maxusage would already have confined the pointer to the array. A caller supplies such an offset today. picolcd_fb_send_tile() validates only report->maxfield before issuing hid_set_field(report->field[0], 11 + i, ...) for i = 0..31, so its offsets are fixed at 11..42 and are never checked against the bound field. When the device registers that field with fewer usages, the framebuffer deferred-io work drives the read on every tile. KASAN reports a 4-byte slab-out-of-bounds read in hid_dump_input() below hid_set_field(), and the same boot logs "offset (1) exceeds report_count (1)" from the guard that runs only afterwards. Move the hid_dump_input() call below the guard. Because field->maxusage >= field->report_count, the guard then establishes that field->usage + offset lies inside the array before it is dereferenced, for every caller and without changing behaviour on the valid path. Discovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee <baul.lee@xbow.com>

Timeline

1. Sep 4, 2026, 3:12 PM UTCCVE published
2. Oct 19, 2026, 8:43 AM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• Linux Linux

  From 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 · fixed in 465544b3d6602cfbdc2305d5cbfb7f4954353b63; From 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 · fixed in 4993e1ab85d7d3f4a40d81852170f9665483bbd8; From 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 · fixed in 313ead1abed945544703b100a12c5a10fdf78409; From 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 · fixed in c1d9c16af51cc6ff92a5a062617d3b022dd01078; From 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 · fixed in a38212687519f2a72f43e62dec1348a690412404; From 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 · fixed in 9a1d7c5f0d82e8665715d5e47c9410c6a97e3748; From 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 · fixed in 5215ea00a747eca34cb2f603cfef91fef76c2558; From 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 · fixed in cbcc0e8dea499e5ca86b583372ccb1815cccc570; From 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 · fixed in a13cdb19fcb223ed41bdab3bab42b98dba87e90b

• Linux Linux

  2.6.12

• KernelLinux

  From 2.6.12 · fixed in 5.10.267; From 5.11.0 · fixed in 5.15.218; From 5.16.0 · fixed in 6.1.185; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.6.154; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.106; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.47; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.1.11; From 7.2.0 · fixed in 7.2.1

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