Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] Bluetooth: btusb: fix use-after-free on registration failure

From: Paul Menzel

Date: Thu Apr 02 2026 - 16:56:46 EST


Dear Johan,


Thank you for looking into and fixing the additional comments.

Am 02.04.26 um 17:48 schrieb Johan Hovold:
Make sure to release the sibling interfaces in case controller
registration fails to avoid use-after-free and double-free when they are
eventually disconnected.

This issue was reported by Sashiko while reviewing a fix for a wakeup
source leak in the btusb probe errors paths.

Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260402092704.2346710-1-johan%40kernel.org
Fixes: 9bfa35fe422c ("[Bluetooth] Add SCO support to btusb driver")
Fixes: 9d08f50401ac ("Bluetooth: btusb: Add support for Broadcom LM_DIAG interface")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 2.6.27
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
index 21e85c212506..97de6e6e7dbc 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
@@ -4372,7 +4372,7 @@ static int btusb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
err = hci_register_dev(hdev);
if (err < 0)
- goto out_free_dev;
+ goto err_release_siblings;
usb_set_intfdata(intf, data);
@@ -4381,6 +4381,15 @@ static int btusb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
return 0;
+err_release_siblings:
+ if (data->diag) {
+ usb_set_intfdata(data->diag, NULL);
+ usb_driver_release_interface(&btusb_driver, data->diag);
+ }
+ if (data->isoc) {
+ usb_set_intfdata(data->isoc, NULL);
+ usb_driver_release_interface(&btusb_driver, data->isoc);
+ }
out_free_dev:
if (data->reset_gpio)
gpiod_put(data->reset_gpio);

Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Kind regards,

Paul