Bug 100921 - Attempt to modify device proximity field for non-proximity input device causes segmentation fault using Wacom tablet
Summary: Attempt to modify device proximity field for non-proximity input device cause...
Status: RESOLVED MOVED
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Lib/Xi (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2017-05-04 04:13 UTC by Steve Holland
Modified: 2018-08-10 20:15 UTC (History)
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Description Steve Holland 2017-05-04 04:13:11 UTC
Observed on xorg-1.19.3-1 (Fedora 25): 

Symptom: Occasional Xorg server crashes when using a Wacom tablet (Built into Lenovo Thinkpad S1 Yoga in my case). It seems to be a random issue that occurs roughly every hour of tablet use. 

(Might be a dup of  Bug #99556 -- but that report doesn't have enough detail to confirm) 

I have been able to obtain a core dump and gdb backtrace:

(gdb) where
#0  __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:58
#1  0x00007f6ec04b851a in __GI_abort () at abort.c:89
#2  0x00000000005a16be in OsAbort () at utils.c:1355
#3  0x00000000005a7243 in AbortServer () at log.c:877
#4  0x00000000005a802d in FatalError (f=f@entry=0x5d57d0 "Caught signal %d (%s). Server aborting\n") at log.c:1015
#5  0x000000000059e95e in OsSigHandler (signo=11, sip=<optimized out>, unused=<optimized out>) at osinit.c:154
#6  <signal handler called>
#7  UpdateDeviceState (device=0x20fb4b0, event=0x7fff96551190) at exevents.c:931
#8  0x0000000000528ce0 in ProcessDeviceEvent (ev=ev@entry=0x7fff96551190, device=device@entry=0x20fb4b0) at exevents.c:1709
#9  0x000000000052948b in ProcessOtherEvent (ev=0x7fff96551190, device=0x20fb4b0) at exevents.c:1873
#10 0x000000000054e0d2 in ProcessPointerEvent (ev=0x7fff96551190, mouse=0x20fb4b0) at xkbAccessX.c:756
#11 0x000000000057d612 in mieqProcessDeviceEvent (dev=0x22fd630, event=0x7fff96551df0, screen=0x1eb8cb0) at mieq.c:496
#12 0x000000000057d749 in mieqProcessInputEvents () at mieq.c:551
#13 0x0000000000479289 in ProcessInputEvents () at xf86Events.c:165
#14 0x0000000000436e16 in Dispatch () at dispatch.c:418
#15 0x000000000043b078 in dix_main (argc=15, argv=0x7fff96552c08, envp=<optimized out>) at main.c:287
#16 0x00007f6ec04a1401 in __libc_start_main (main=0x424d20 <main>, argc=15, argv=0x7fff96552c08, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>, 
    rtld_fini=<optimized out>, stack_end=0x7fff96552bf8) at ../csu/libc-start.c:289
#17 0x0000000000424d5a in _start ()

The coredump occurs in exevents.c:UpdateDeviceState():
930:    else if (event->type == ET_ProximityOut)
931:        device->proximity->in_proximity = FALSE;
device->proximity is NULL hence attempting to set its in_proximity member causes a segmentation violation. 

How did device->proximity turn out to be NULL for a ProximityOut event? 

Let's go up a few levels and look at mieq.c:mieqProcessDeviceEvent():

490:        /* process slave first, then master */
491:        dev->public.processInputProc(event, dev);
492:
493:        /* Check for the SD's master in case the device got detached
494:         * during event processing */
495:        if (master && !IsFloating(dev))
496:            master->public.processInputProc(&mevent, master);

dev->proximity is a valid pointer, but master->proximity is NULL
So it is processed OK on line 491 but the processInputProc() call on line 496 provides an ET_ProximityOut event with a device where proximity is NULL. And after a few layers this turns into the call to UpdateDeviceState() above, which attempts to set the in_proximity field unconditionally. 

Possible Fix: Perhaps check for device->proximity being NULL in UpdateDeviceState()?
Comment 1 GitLab Migration User 2018-08-10 20:15:14 UTC
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