[PATCH 4.9 12/13] Input: spaceball - fix parsing of movement data packets

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Jan 03 2022 - 09:23:47 EST


From: Leo L. Schwab <ewhac@xxxxxxxxx>

commit bc7ec91718c49d938849697cfad98fcd9877cc26 upstream.

The spaceball.c module was not properly parsing the movement reports
coming from the device. The code read axis data as signed 16-bit
little-endian values starting at offset 2.

In fact, axis data in Spaceball movement reports are signed 16-bit
big-endian values starting at offset 3. This was determined first by
visually inspecting the data packets, and later verified by consulting:
http://spacemice.org/pdf/SpaceBall_2003-3003_Protocol.pdf

If this ever worked properly, it was in the time before Git...

Signed-off-by: Leo L. Schwab <ewhac@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211221101630.1146385-1-ewhac@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c
+++ b/drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/input.h>
#include <linux/serio.h>
+#include <asm/unaligned.h>

#define DRIVER_DESC "SpaceTec SpaceBall 2003/3003/4000 FLX driver"

@@ -91,9 +92,15 @@ static void spaceball_process_packet(str

case 'D': /* Ball data */
if (spaceball->idx != 15) return;
- for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+ /*
+ * Skip first three bytes; read six axes worth of data.
+ * Axis values are signed 16-bit big-endian.
+ */
+ data += 3;
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(spaceball_axes); i++) {
input_report_abs(dev, spaceball_axes[i],
- (__s16)((data[2 * i + 3] << 8) | data[2 * i + 2]));
+ (__s16)get_unaligned_be16(&data[i * 2]));
+ }
break;

case 'K': /* Button data */