From bc1fdbe46559dd947674375946bbef54dd0ce36b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jos=C3=A9=20Exp=C3=B3sito?= <jexposit@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:28:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Xi: do not keep linked list pointer during recursion

The `DisableDevice()` function is called whenever an enabled device
is disabled and it moves the device from the `inputInfo.devices` linked
list to the `inputInfo.off_devices` linked list.

However, its link/unlink operation has an issue during the recursive
call to `DisableDevice()` due to the `prev` pointer pointing to a
removed device.

This issue leads to a length mismatch between the total number of
devices and the number of device in the list, leading to a heap
overflow and, possibly, to local privilege escalation.

Simplify the code that checked whether the device passed to
`DisableDevice()` was in `inputInfo.devices` or not and find the
previous device after the recursion.

CVE-2024-21886, ZDI-CAN-22840

This vulnerability was discovered by:
Jan-Niklas Sohn working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
---
 dix/devices.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dix/devices.c b/dix/devices.c
index dca98c8d1b..389d28a23c 100644
--- a/dix/devices.c
+++ b/dix/devices.c
@@ -453,14 +453,20 @@ DisableDevice(DeviceIntPtr dev, BOOL sendevent)
 {
     DeviceIntPtr *prev, other;
     BOOL enabled;
+    BOOL dev_in_devices_list = FALSE;
     int flags[MAXDEVICES] = { 0 };
 
     if (!dev->enabled)
         return TRUE;
 
-    for (prev = &inputInfo.devices;
-         *prev && (*prev != dev); prev = &(*prev)->next);
-    if (*prev != dev)
+    for (other = inputInfo.devices; other; other = other->next) {
+        if (other == dev) {
+            dev_in_devices_list = TRUE;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!dev_in_devices_list)
         return FALSE;
 
     TouchEndPhysicallyActiveTouches(dev);
@@ -511,6 +517,9 @@ DisableDevice(DeviceIntPtr dev, BOOL sendevent)
     LeaveWindow(dev);
     SetFocusOut(dev);
 
+    for (prev = &inputInfo.devices;
+         *prev && (*prev != dev); prev = &(*prev)->next);
+
     *prev = dev->next;
     dev->next = inputInfo.off_devices;
     inputInfo.off_devices = dev;
-- 
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