Re: [PATCH] fix oops in l2cap_connect_req

From: Marcel Holtmann
Date: Fri Oct 15 2010 - 15:35:29 EST


Hi Nathan,

> > * Nathan Holstein <nathan.holstein@xxxxxxxxx> [2010-10-14 18:37:53 -0400]:
> >
> >> (Please keep me in the CC list, I'm not subscribed to lkml)
> >>
> >> [1] L2CAP module dereferences an uninitialized pointer within l2cap_connect_req.
> >>
> >> [2] I'm currently testing a 2.6.35 kernel on a Nexus One with backported
> >> patches from bluetooth-2.6. When testing against certain BT devices, I'm seeing
> >> a null-pointer deref. The crash is caused by this portion of commit e9aeb2dd:
> >>
> >> @@ -2966,6 +2991,15 @@ sendresp:
> >> L2CAP_INFO_REQ, sizeof(info), &info);
> >> }
> >>
> >> + if (!(l2cap_pi(sk)->conf_state & L2CAP_CONF_REQ_SENT) &&
> >> + result == L2CAP_CR_SUCCESS) {
> >> + u8 buf[128];
> >> + l2cap_pi(sk)->conf_state |= L2CAP_CONF_REQ_SENT;
> >> + l2cap_send_cmd(conn, l2cap_get_ident(conn), L2CAP_CONF_REQ,
> >> + l2cap_build_conf_req(sk, buf), buf);
> >> + l2cap_pi(sk)->num_conf_req++;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> return 0;
> >> }
> >>
> >> Multiple error cases jump to the response & sendresp labels prior to
> >> initializing
> >> the "sk" variable. In the case I'm currently seeing, the remote BT
> >> device fails to
> >> properly secure the ACL, making this crash 100% reproducible.
> >>
> >> [3] Bluetooth, L2CAP
> >>
> >> [4] This bug appears to be in the mainline 2.6.36-rc? kernel, in addition to
> >> multiple Bluetooth development trees
> >>
> >> The following patch fixes the crash.
> >>
> >>
> >> --nathan

please send new patches with [PATCH v2] prefix to make it easier for
Gustavo to keep track.

> >> In error cases when the ACL is insecure or we fail to allocate a new
> >> struct sock, we jump to the "response" label. If so, "sk" will be
> >> uninitialized and the kernel crashes.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Nathan Holstein <nathan.holstein@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Regards

Marcel


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