Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] HID: intel-ish-hid: fix report_list iterator pointer arithmetic

+Lixu

On Thu, 2026-07-30 at 20:52 +0800, Shen Yongchao wrote:
> Since commit 63cafaf47a83 ("HID: ishtp-hid-client: replace
> fake-flex arrays with flex-array members", v6.13), the
> HOSTIF_PUBLISH_INPUT_REPORT_LIST handler iterates over sub-reports
> using a struct report * pointer:
> 
> 	report += sizeof(*report) + payload_len;
> 
> Because report is a struct report * (not a char *), the compiler
> multiplies the advance by sizeof(struct report) = 8, making the
> actual stride (8 + payload_len) * 8 bytes instead of the intended
> 8 + payload_len bytes.  On v6.13+ a legitimate aggregated list
> with num_of_reports >= 2 drives the second iteration far outside
> the message buffer.
> 
> Replace the struct report * iterator with a byte-granular u8 *pos
> so the advance is computed in bytes.
> 
> 
> Assisted-by: LLM

Need to follow:

https://docs.kernel.org/process/coding-assistants.html

Assisted-by: AGENT_NAME:MODEL_VERSION [TOOL1] [TOOL2]

Lixu,
Please give a test on few devices. Not sure if we have such device.

Thanks,
Srinivas

> Signed-off-by: Shen Yongchao <[email protected]>
> Fixes: 63cafaf47a83 ("HID: ishtp-hid-client: replace fake-flex arrays
> with flex-array members")
> Cc: [email protected]
> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid-client.c
> b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid-client.c
> index 6d64008f2..ba52e185c 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid-client.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid-client.c
> @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ static void process_recv(struct ishtp_cl
> *hid_ishtp_cl, void *recv_buf,
>  	int report_type;
>  	struct report_list *reports_list;
>  	struct report *report;
> +	u8 *pos;
>  	size_t report_len;
>  	struct ishtp_cl_data *client_data =
> ishtp_get_client_data(hid_ishtp_cl);
>  	int curr_hid_dev = client_data->cur_hid_dev;
> @@ -280,9 +281,10 @@ static void process_recv(struct ishtp_cl
> *hid_ishtp_cl, void *recv_buf,
>  		case HOSTIF_PUBLISH_INPUT_REPORT_LIST:
>  			report_type = HID_INPUT_REPORT;
>  			reports_list = (struct report_list
> *)payload;
> -			report = reports_list->reports;
> +			pos = (u8 *)reports_list->reports;
>  
>  			for (j = 0; j < reports_list-
> >num_of_reports; j++) {
> +				report = (struct report *)pos;
>  				recv_msg = container_of(&report-
> >msg,
>  							struct
> hostif_msg, hdr);
>  				report_len = report->size;
> @@ -303,7 +305,7 @@ static void process_recv(struct ishtp_cl
> *hid_ishtp_cl, void *recv_buf,
>  						0);
>  					}
>  
> -				report += sizeof(*report) +
> payload_len;
> +				pos += sizeof(struct report) +
> payload_len;
>  			}
>  			break;
>  		default:
> @@ -956,4 +958,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Daniel Drubin
> <[email protected]>");
>   */
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Srinivas Pandruvada
> <[email protected]>");
>  
> -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> \ No newline at end of file