[PATCH] Bluetooth: RFCOMM: add length check in rfcomm_recv_mcc

From: Muhammad Bilal

Date: Fri May 22 2026 - 14:02:04 EST


rfcomm_recv_mcc() casts skb->data to struct rfcomm_mcc * and
reads mcc->type and mcc->len without first checking that skb->len
is at least sizeof(*mcc) (2 bytes). A remote device can send a
crafted UIH frame with a one-byte or zero-byte MCC payload to
trigger an out-of-bounds read of the second byte.

The unconditional skb_pull(skb, 2) that follows compounds the
problem: if skb->len is less than 2, skb->data and skb->len are
corrupted for all downstream MCC sub-handlers.

Replace the open-coded cast and skb_pull() with skb_pull_data(),
which atomically validates skb->len against sizeof(*mcc) and
advances skb->data. Return -EILSEQ on failure.

SeungJu Cheon's v2 patch added a manual skb->len size check in
rfcomm_recv_mcc() before an open-coded cast, but removed the
subsequent skb_pull(skb, 2) without replacing it. This leaves
skb->data pointing at the MCC header when the sub-handlers are
called, causing them to parse from the wrong offset. Using
skb_pull_data() here avoids this problem: it validates, casts,
and advances skb->data atomically, and is consistent with how
the sub-handlers themselves were fixed in Cheon's patch.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bluetooth/20260414010741.233892-1-suunj1331@xxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
index d11bd5337..4e8047012 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
@@ -1644,17 +1644,20 @@ static int rfcomm_recv_msc(struct rfcomm_session *s, int cr, struct sk_buff *skb

static int rfcomm_recv_mcc(struct rfcomm_session *s, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- struct rfcomm_mcc *mcc = (void *) skb->data;
+ struct rfcomm_mcc *mcc;
u8 type, cr, len;

+ /* Minimum MCC frame: type(1) + len(1) */
+ mcc = skb_pull_data(skb, sizeof(*mcc));
+ if (!mcc)
+ return -EILSEQ;
+
cr = __test_cr(mcc->type);
type = __get_mcc_type(mcc->type);
len = __get_mcc_len(mcc->len);

BT_DBG("%p type 0x%x cr %d", s, type, cr);

- skb_pull(skb, 2);
-
switch (type) {
case RFCOMM_PN:
rfcomm_recv_pn(s, cr, skb);
--
2.54.0