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authorLi Chen <chenl311@chinatelecom.cn>2025-06-20 20:02:31 +0800
committerJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.com>2025-06-20 15:34:36 +0200
commit4051ead99888f101be92c7ce90d2de09aac6fd1c (patch)
tree59a2d804ef25d93b1dfd6fb56af8504f91ffe14a
parent37a9acb971c2f338e7a1b602b0ee40ad70668e81 (diff)
HID: rate-limit hid_warn to prevent log flooding
Syzkaller can create many uhid devices that trigger repeated warnings like: "hid-generic xxxx: unknown main item tag 0x0" These messages can flood the system log, especially if a crash occurs (e.g., with a slow UART console, leading to soft lockups). To mitigate this, convert `hid_warn()` to use `dev_warn_ratelimited()`. This helps reduce log noise and improves system stability under fuzzing or faulty device scenarios. Signed-off-by: Li Chen <chenl311@chinatelecom.cn> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/hid/hid-core.c4
-rw-r--r--include/linux/hid.h2
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 4a00bd4a4224..ef1f79951d9b 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -659,9 +659,9 @@ static int hid_parser_main(struct hid_parser *parser, struct hid_item *item)
default:
if (item->tag >= HID_MAIN_ITEM_TAG_RESERVED_MIN &&
item->tag <= HID_MAIN_ITEM_TAG_RESERVED_MAX)
- hid_warn(parser->device, "reserved main item tag 0x%x\n", item->tag);
+ hid_warn_ratelimited(parser->device, "reserved main item tag 0x%x\n", item->tag);
else
- hid_warn(parser->device, "unknown main item tag 0x%x\n", item->tag);
+ hid_warn_ratelimited(parser->device, "unknown main item tag 0x%x\n", item->tag);
ret = 0;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index 568a9d8c749b..7f260e0e2049 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -1239,6 +1239,8 @@ void hid_quirks_exit(__u16 bus);
dev_notice(&(hid)->dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
#define hid_warn(hid, fmt, ...) \
dev_warn(&(hid)->dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define hid_warn_ratelimited(hid, fmt, ...) \
+ dev_warn_ratelimited(&(hid)->dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
#define hid_info(hid, fmt, ...) \
dev_info(&(hid)->dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
#define hid_dbg(hid, fmt, ...) \