[PATCH v3] Bluetooth: RFCOMM: validate skb length in MCC handlers

From: SeungJu Cheon

Date: Mon May 25 2026 - 07:10:26 EST


The RFCOMM MCC handlers cast skb->data to protocol-specific structs
without validating skb->len first. A malicious remote device can send
truncated MCC frames and trigger out-of-bounds reads in these handlers.

Fix this by using skb_pull_data() to validate and access the required
data before dereferencing it.

rfcomm_recv_rpn() requires special handling since ETSI TS 07.10 allows
1-byte RPN requests. Handle this by validating only the DLCI byte first,
and validating the full struct only when len > 1.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Suggested-by: Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: SeungJu Cheon <suunj1331@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v3:
- Apply skb_pull_data() in rfcomm_recv_mcc() before accessing the
MCC header
- Return -EILSEQ instead of -EINVAL for malformed frames

v2:
- Use skb_pull_data() instead of manual length checks (Luiz)
- Add MCC header length validation in rfcomm_recv_mcc() (Paul)
- Allow 1-byte RPN requests per ETSI TS 07.10 (Paul)

Testing:
Tested under QEMU with VHCI and KASAN enabled by injecting both
well-formed and malformed RFCOMM MCC frames.

Well-formed PN/MSC/RLS frames and both valid RPN variants (full
8-byte form and 1-byte query form) are parsed identically to the
pre-patch behavior.

The following malformed frames are rejected before reaching the
MCC sub-handlers:

- truncated MCC headers
- PN/MSC/RLS/RPN payloads shorter than the fixed struct size
- invalid intermediate RPN lengths (len != 1 && len < 8)
- MCC payload lengths larger than the actual skb data

Frames with cr=0 are still silently dropped, and oversized frames
continue to ignore trailing bytes as before.

net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
index d11bd5337d57..364b9381c2dc 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
@@ -1431,10 +1431,15 @@ static int rfcomm_apply_pn(struct rfcomm_dlc *d, int cr, struct rfcomm_pn *pn)

static int rfcomm_recv_pn(struct rfcomm_session *s, int cr, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- struct rfcomm_pn *pn = (void *) skb->data;
+ struct rfcomm_pn *pn;
struct rfcomm_dlc *d;
- u8 dlci = pn->dlci;
+ u8 dlci;
+
+ pn = skb_pull_data(skb, sizeof(*pn));
+ if (!pn)
+ return -EILSEQ;

+ dlci = pn->dlci;
BT_DBG("session %p state %ld dlci %d", s, s->state, dlci);

if (!dlci)
@@ -1483,8 +1488,8 @@ static int rfcomm_recv_pn(struct rfcomm_session *s, int cr, struct sk_buff *skb)

static int rfcomm_recv_rpn(struct rfcomm_session *s, int cr, int len, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- struct rfcomm_rpn *rpn = (void *) skb->data;
- u8 dlci = __get_dlci(rpn->dlci);
+ struct rfcomm_rpn *rpn;
+ u8 dlci;

u8 bit_rate = 0;
u8 data_bits = 0;
@@ -1495,15 +1500,16 @@ static int rfcomm_recv_rpn(struct rfcomm_session *s, int cr, int len, struct sk_
u8 xoff_char = 0;
u16 rpn_mask = RFCOMM_RPN_PM_ALL;

- BT_DBG("dlci %d cr %d len 0x%x bitr 0x%x line 0x%x flow 0x%x xonc 0x%x xoffc 0x%x pm 0x%x",
- dlci, cr, len, rpn->bit_rate, rpn->line_settings, rpn->flow_ctrl,
- rpn->xon_char, rpn->xoff_char, rpn->param_mask);
+ if (len == 1) {
+ rpn = skb_pull_data(skb, 1);
+ if (!rpn)
+ return -EILSEQ;

- if (!cr)
- return 0;
+ dlci = __get_dlci(rpn->dlci);
+
+ if (!cr)
+ return 0;

- if (len == 1) {
- /* This is a request, return default (according to ETSI TS 07.10) settings */
bit_rate = RFCOMM_RPN_BR_9600;
data_bits = RFCOMM_RPN_DATA_8;
stop_bits = RFCOMM_RPN_STOP_1;
@@ -1514,6 +1520,19 @@ static int rfcomm_recv_rpn(struct rfcomm_session *s, int cr, int len, struct sk_
goto rpn_out;
}

+ rpn = skb_pull_data(skb, sizeof(*rpn));
+ if (!rpn)
+ return -EILSEQ;
+
+ dlci = __get_dlci(rpn->dlci);
+
+ BT_DBG("dlci %d cr %d len 0x%x bitr 0x%x line 0x%x flow 0x%x xonc 0x%x xoffc 0x%x pm 0x%x",
+ dlci, cr, len, rpn->bit_rate, rpn->line_settings, rpn->flow_ctrl,
+ rpn->xon_char, rpn->xoff_char, rpn->param_mask);
+
+ if (!cr)
+ return 0;
+
/* Check for sane values, ignore/accept bit_rate, 8 bits, 1 stop bit,
* no parity, no flow control lines, normal XON/XOFF chars */

@@ -1589,9 +1608,14 @@ static int rfcomm_recv_rpn(struct rfcomm_session *s, int cr, int len, struct sk_

static int rfcomm_recv_rls(struct rfcomm_session *s, int cr, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- struct rfcomm_rls *rls = (void *) skb->data;
- u8 dlci = __get_dlci(rls->dlci);
+ struct rfcomm_rls *rls;
+ u8 dlci;

+ rls = skb_pull_data(skb, sizeof(*rls));
+ if (!rls)
+ return -EILSEQ;
+
+ dlci = __get_dlci(rls->dlci);
BT_DBG("dlci %d cr %d status 0x%x", dlci, cr, rls->status);

if (!cr)
@@ -1608,10 +1632,15 @@ static int rfcomm_recv_rls(struct rfcomm_session *s, int cr, struct sk_buff *skb

static int rfcomm_recv_msc(struct rfcomm_session *s, int cr, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- struct rfcomm_msc *msc = (void *) skb->data;
+ struct rfcomm_msc *msc;
struct rfcomm_dlc *d;
- u8 dlci = __get_dlci(msc->dlci);
+ u8 dlci;
+
+ msc = skb_pull_data(skb, sizeof(*msc));
+ if (!msc)
+ return -EILSEQ;

+ dlci = __get_dlci(msc->dlci);
BT_DBG("dlci %d cr %d v24 0x%x", dlci, cr, msc->v24_sig);

d = rfcomm_dlc_get(s, dlci);
@@ -1644,17 +1673,19 @@ 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;

+ 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);
--
2.52.0