[PATCH v2] HID: rate-limit hid_warn to prevent log flooding

From: Li Chen
Date: Thu Jun 19 2025 - 22:15:26 EST


From: Li Chen <chenl311@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changelog:

v2: Introduce hid_warn_ratelimited to rate-limit the specified log.

drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 2 +-
include/linux/hid.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index b348d0464314c..aaba7164a8c9a 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static int hid_parser_main(struct hid_parser *parser, struct hid_item *item)
item->tag <= HID_MAIN_ITEM_TAG_RESERVED_MAX)
hid_warn(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 568a9d8c749bc..7f260e0e20498 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, ...) \
--
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