In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: multitouch: fix out-of-bounds bit access on mt_io_flags mt_io_flags is a single unsigned long, but mt_process_slot(), mt_release_pending_palms() and mt_release_co…

Overview

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

HID: multitouch: fix out-of-bounds bit access on mt_io_flags

mt_io_flags is a single unsigned long, but mt_process_slot(), mt_release_pending_palms() and mt_release_contacts() use it as a per-slot bitmap indexed by the slot number. That slot number is only bounded by td->maxcontacts, which is taken from the device's ContactCountMaximum feature report and can be up to 255, not by BITS_PER_LONG.

As a result, a multitouch device that advertises a large contact count makes set_bit()/clear_bit() operate past the mt_io_flags word and corrupt the adjacent members of struct mt_device. The sticky-fingers release timer is the easiest way to reach this. mt_release_contacts() runs

for (i = 0; i < mt->num_slots; i++)
	clear_bit(i, &td->mt_io_flags);

with num_slots == maxcontacts. For maxcontacts around 250 the loop clears the bits that overlap td->applications.next, zeroing that list head, and the list_for_each_entry() that immediately follows then dereferences NULL. The kernel panics from timer (softirq) context. On a KASAN build this shows up as a general protection fault in mt_release_contacts() with a null-ptr-deref at offset 0x58, which is offsetof(struct mt_application, num_received).

The state is reachable from an untrusted USB or Bluetooth HID multitouch device; no local privileges are required.

Store the per-slot active state in a separately allocated bitmap sized for maxcontacts, the same pattern already used for pending_palm_slots, and keep only MT_IO_FLAGS_RUNNING in mt_io_flags. The two "mt_io_flags & MT_IO_SLOTS_MASK" arming checks become bitmap_empty(td->active_slots, td->maxcontacts).

Move MT_IO_FLAGS_RUNNING back to bit 0. It was bumped to bit 32 by the same commit to leave the low byte for the slot bits; with the slot bits gone it fits in bit 0 again, which also keeps it within the unsigned long on 32-bit.

Affected

• linux_kernel >= 5.10.246, < 5.10.261
• linux_kernel >= 5.15.196, < 5.15.212
• linux_kernel >= 6.1.158, < 6.1.178
• linux_kernel >= 6.6.114, < 6.6.145
• linux_kernel >= 6.12.55, < 6.12.97
• linux_kernel >= 6.17.5, < 6.18
• linux_kernel >= 6.18.1, < 6.18.39
• linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 7.1.4
• linux_kernel = 6.18
• linux_kernel = 7.2

Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

• linux_kernel 7.1.4