Re: [PATCH] HID: wacom: fix crash in wacom_aes_battery_handler()
From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Tue Jun 10 2025 - 15:21:44 EST
On Mon, 19 May 2025, Thomas Zeitlhofer wrote:
> Commit fd2a9b29dc9c ("HID: wacom: Remove AES power_supply after extended
> inactivity") introduced wacom_aes_battery_handler() which is scheduled
> as a delayed work (aes_battery_work).
>
> In wacom_remove(), aes_battery_work is not canceled. Consequently, if
> the device is removed while aes_battery_work is still pending, then hard
> crashes or "Oops: general protection fault..." are experienced when
> wacom_aes_battery_handler() is finally called. E.g., this happens with
> built-in USB devices after resume from hibernate when aes_battery_work
> was still pending at the time of hibernation.
>
> So, take care to cancel aes_battery_work in wacom_remove().
>
> Fixes: fd2a9b29dc9c ("HID: wacom: Remove AES power_supply after extended inactivity")
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zeitlhofer <thomas.zeitlhofer+lkml@xxxxxxxx>
This looks good to me, and I am planning to push it to Linus through
for-6.16/upstream-fixes.
Jason, Ping, any chance you could give your Ack to this one before I do
so, please?
Thanks.
> ---
> drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
> index eaf099b2efdb..e74c1a4c5b61 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
> @@ -2901,6 +2901,7 @@ static void wacom_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
> hid_hw_stop(hdev);
>
> cancel_delayed_work_sync(&wacom->init_work);
> + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&wacom->aes_battery_work);
> cancel_work_sync(&wacom->wireless_work);
> cancel_work_sync(&wacom->battery_work);
> cancel_work_sync(&wacom->remote_work);
> --
> 2.39.5
>
--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs