HID: core: Provide new max_buffer_size attribute to over-ride the default

Presently, when a report is processed, its proposed size, provided by
the user of the API (as Report Size * Report Count) is compared against
the subsystem default HID_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE (16k).  However, some
low-level HID drivers allocate a reduced amount of memory to their
buffers (e.g. UHID only allocates UHID_DATA_MAX (4k) buffers), rending
this check inadequate in some cases.

In these circumstances, if the received report ends up being smaller
than the proposed report size, the remainder of the buffer is zeroed.
That is, the space between sizeof(csize) (size of the current report)
and the rsize (size proposed i.e. Report Size * Report Count), which can
be handled up to HID_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE (16k).  Meaning that memset()
shoots straight past the end of the buffer boundary and starts zeroing
out in-use values, often resulting in calamity.

This patch introduces a new variable into 'struct hid_ll_driver' where
individual low-level drivers can over-ride the default maximum value of
HID_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE (16k) with something more sympathetic to the
interface.

Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index eaf8ab177303..1ea8c7a3570b 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -834,6 +834,7 @@ struct hid_driver {
  * @output_report: send output report to device
  * @idle: send idle request to device
  * @may_wakeup: return if device may act as a wakeup source during system-suspend
+ * @max_buffer_size: over-ride maximum data buffer size (default: HID_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE)
  */
 struct hid_ll_driver {
 	int (*start)(struct hid_device *hdev);
@@ -859,6 +860,8 @@ struct hid_ll_driver {
 
 	int (*idle)(struct hid_device *hdev, int report, int idle, int reqtype);
 	bool (*may_wakeup)(struct hid_device *hdev);
+
+	unsigned int max_buffer_size;
 };
 
 extern bool hid_is_usb(const struct hid_device *hdev);