CVE-2025-38016

HID: bpf: abort dispatch if device destroyed

published June 18, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
14.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

HID: bpf: abort dispatch if device destroyed

The current HID bpf implementation assumes no output report/request will

go through it after hid_bpf_destroy_device() has been called. This leads

to a bug that unplugging certain types of HID devices causes a cleaned-

up SRCU to be accessed. The bug was previously a hidden failure until a

recent x86 percpu change [1] made it access not-present pages.

The bug will be triggered if the conditions below are met:

A) a device under the driver has some LEDs on

B) hid_ll_driver->request() is uninplemented (e.g., logitech-djreceiver)

If condition A is met, hidinput_led_worker() is always scheduled *after*

hid_bpf_destroy_device().

hid_destroy_device

` hid_bpf_destroy_device

` cleanup_srcu_struct(&hdev->bpf.srcu)

` hid_remove_device

` ...

` led_classdev_unregister

` led_trigger_set(led_cdev, NULL)

` led_set_brightness(led_cdev, LED_OFF)

` ...

` input_inject_event

` input_event_dispose

` hidinput_input_event

` schedule_work(&hid->led_work) [hidinput_led_worker]

This is fine when condition B is not met, where hidinput_led_worker()

calls hid_ll_driver->request(). This is the case for most HID drivers,

which implement it or use the generic one from usbhid. The driver itself

or an underlying driver will then abort processing the request.

Otherwise, hidinput_led_worker() tries hid_hw_output_report() and leads

to the bug.

hidinput_led_worker

` hid_hw_output_report

` dispatch_hid_bpf_output_report

` srcu_read_lock(&hdev->bpf.srcu)

` srcu_read_unlock(&hdev->bpf.srcu, idx)

The bug has existed since the introduction [2] of

dispatch_hid_bpf_output_report(). However, the same bug also exists in

dispatch_hid_bpf_raw_requests(), and I've reproduced (no visible effect

because of the lack of [1], but confirmed bpf.destroyed == 1) the bug

against the commit (i.e., the Fixes:) introducing the function. This is

because hidinput_led_worker() falls back to hid_hw_raw_request() when

hid_ll_driver->output_report() is uninplemented (e.g., logitech-

djreceiver).

hidinput_led_worker

` hid_hw_output_report: -ENOSYS

` hid_hw_raw_request

` dispatch_hid_bpf_raw_requests

` srcu_read_lock(&hdev->bpf.srcu)

` srcu_read_unlock(&hdev->bpf.srcu, idx)

Fix the issue by returning early in the two mentioned functions if

hid_bpf has been marked as destroyed. Though

dispatch_hid_bpf_device_event() handles input events, and there is no

evidence that it may be called after the destruction, the same check, as

a safety net, is also added to it to maintain the consistency among all

dispatch functions.

The impact of the bug on other architectures is unclear. Even if it acts

as a hidden failure, this is still dangerous because it corrupts

whatever is on the address calculated by SRCU. Thus, CC'ing the stable

list.

[1]: commit 9d7de2aa8b41 ("x86/percpu/64: Use relative percpu offsets")

[2]: commit 9286675a2aed ("HID: bpf: add HID-BPF hooks for

hid_hw_output_report")

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00243 · 14.6th percentile
Published
2025-06-18T09:28Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 JUN 09:28Z
    HID: bpf: abort dispatch if device destroyed
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