[PATCH] Input: evdev - sanitize event type index when fetching event masks

Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 18:41:49 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-input,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The user-supplied event type index passed to EVIOCGMASK / EVIOCSMASK
ioctls is used to index the static counts array in evdev_get_mask_cnt()
and client evmasks array in evdev_get_mask().

While the event type is architecturally bounded by EV_CNT, speculative
execution may mispredict bounds checks and perform out-of-bounds loads.

Sanitize the event type index in evdev_get_mask_cnt() branchlessly using
array_index_mask_nospec(). This clamps the index to 0 for safe array
access and forces the returned count to 0 speculatively when the index
is out of bounds.

We do not need additional array_index_nospec() calls in evdev_get_mask()
because evdev_get_mask_cnt() speculatively forces the count (and
resulting xfer_size) to 0 for out-of-bounds types, preventing any
speculative memory access to client evmasks array.

Reported-by: "Wagenaar, C.C.J. (Chris)" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.6-flash
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/input/evdev.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/input/evdev.c b/drivers/input/evdev.c
index 5764c98b4f1f..796ac7ac2b8c 100644
--- a/drivers/input/evdev.c
+++ b/drivers/input/evdev.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/input/mt.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
+#include <linux/nospec.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
 #include "input-compat.h"
@@ -67,8 +68,10 @@ static size_t evdev_get_mask_cnt(unsigned int type)
 		[EV_SND]	= SND_CNT,
 		[EV_FF]		= FF_CNT,
 	};
+	unsigned long mask = array_index_mask_nospec(type, EV_CNT);
 
-	return (type < EV_CNT) ? counts[type] : 0;
+	/* Returns 0 for out-of-bounds types, including speculatively */
+	return counts[type & mask] & mask;
 }
 
 /* requires the buffer lock to be held */
-- 
2.55.0.629.g250fe7f194-goog


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Dmitry