[PATCH v3] Bluetooth: MGMT: validate advertising TLV before type checks
From: Zhang Cen
Date: Thu May 28 2026 - 06:00:22 EST
tlv_data_is_valid() reads each advertising data field length from
data[i], then inspects data[i + 1] for managed EIR types before
checking that the current field still fits inside the supplied buffer.
A malformed field whose length byte is the last byte of the buffer can
therefore make the parser read one byte past the advertising data.
KASAN reported the following when a malformed MGMT_OP_ADD_ADVERTISING
request reached that path:
BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in tlv_data_is_valid()
Read of size 1
Call trace:
tlv_data_is_valid()
add_advertising()
hci_mgmt_cmd()
hci_sock_sendmsg()
Move the existing element-length check before any type-octet inspection
so each non-empty element is proven to contain its type byte before the
parser looks at data[i + 1].
Fixes: 2bb36870e8cb ("Bluetooth: Unify advertising instance flags check")
Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zhang Cen <rollkingzzc@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v3:
- Move the KASAN excerpt earlier in the commit message.
- Add Reviewed-by from Paul Menzel.
net/bluetooth/mgmt.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
index de5bd6b637b20..027b266ccc747 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
@@ -8638,6 +8638,12 @@ static bool tlv_data_is_valid(struct hci_dev *hdev, u32 adv_flags, u8 *data,
if (!cur_len)
continue;
+ /* If the current field length would exceed the total data
+ * length, then it's invalid.
+ */
+ if (i + cur_len >= len)
+ return false;
+
if (data[i + 1] == EIR_FLAGS &&
(!is_adv_data || flags_managed(adv_flags)))
return false;
@@ -8654,12 +8660,6 @@ static bool tlv_data_is_valid(struct hci_dev *hdev, u32 adv_flags, u8 *data,
if (data[i + 1] == EIR_APPEARANCE &&
appearance_managed(adv_flags))
return false;
-
- /* If the current field length would exceed the total data
- * length, then it's invalid.
- */
- if (i + cur_len >= len)
- return false;
}
return true;
--
2.43.0