[PATCH 1/2] Bluetooth: ISO: fix malformed ISO_END/CONT handling
From: Pauli Virtanen
Date: Wed Jul 01 2026 - 11:51:51 EST
Core specification (Part C vol 4 sec 5.4.5) does not exclude empty
ISO_CONT, ISO_END packets. We currently reject them if they are last.
If controller sends malformed sequence
ISO_START -> rx_len = 4, ISO_CONT skb->len 4, ISO_START
that ends payload in ISO_CONT, we leak conn->rx_skb. If controller sends
too long ISO_END, we panic on skb_put. If controller sends too short
ISO_END we accept it.
Fix by marking unfinished ISO_START via conn->rx_skb != NULL. Check
skb->len properly before skb_put. Combine the ISO_CONT/END code paths
as they require the same initial checks. Reject too short ISO_END
packets.
Fixes: 6aba94a49bc9 ("Bluetooth: ISO: drop ISO_END frames received without prior ISO_START")
Fixes: ccf74f2390d6 ("Bluetooth: Add BTPROTO_ISO socket type")
Signed-off-by: Pauli Virtanen <pav@xxxxxx>
---
net/bluetooth/iso.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/iso.c b/net/bluetooth/iso.c
index cd7c7c9ea4fc..2e95a153912c 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/iso.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/iso.c
@@ -2540,7 +2540,7 @@ int iso_recv(struct hci_dev *hdev, u16 handle, struct sk_buff *skb, u16 flags)
switch (pb) {
case ISO_START:
case ISO_SINGLE:
- if (conn->rx_len) {
+ if (conn->rx_skb || conn->rx_len) {
BT_ERR("Unexpected start frame (len %d)", skb->len);
kfree_skb(conn->rx_skb);
conn->rx_skb = NULL;
@@ -2621,12 +2621,14 @@ int iso_recv(struct hci_dev *hdev, u16 handle, struct sk_buff *skb, u16 flags)
break;
case ISO_CONT:
- BT_DBG("Cont: frag len %d (expecting %d)", skb->len,
+ case ISO_END:
+ BT_DBG("%s: frag len %d (expecting %d)",
+ (pb == ISO_END) ? "End" : "Cont", skb->len,
conn->rx_len);
- if (!conn->rx_len) {
- BT_ERR("Unexpected continuation frame (len %d)",
- skb->len);
+ if (!conn->rx_skb) {
+ BT_ERR("Unexpected ISO %s frame (len %d)",
+ (pb == ISO_END) ? "End" : "Cont", skb->len);
goto drop;
}
@@ -2642,17 +2644,9 @@ int iso_recv(struct hci_dev *hdev, u16 handle, struct sk_buff *skb, u16 flags)
skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb, skb_put(conn->rx_skb, skb->len),
skb->len);
conn->rx_len -= skb->len;
- break;
- case ISO_END:
- if (!conn->rx_len) {
- BT_ERR("Unexpected end frame (len %d)", skb->len);
- goto drop;
- }
-
- skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb, skb_put(conn->rx_skb, skb->len),
- skb->len);
- conn->rx_len -= skb->len;
+ if (pb == ISO_CONT)
+ break;
if (!conn->rx_len) {
struct sk_buff *rx_skb = conn->rx_skb;
@@ -2663,6 +2657,13 @@ int iso_recv(struct hci_dev *hdev, u16 handle, struct sk_buff *skb, u16 flags)
*/
conn->rx_skb = NULL;
iso_recv_frame(conn, rx_skb);
+ } else {
+ BT_ERR("ISO fragment incomplete (len %d, expected %d)",
+ skb->len, conn->rx_len);
+ kfree_skb(conn->rx_skb);
+ conn->rx_skb = NULL;
+ conn->rx_len = 0;
+ goto drop;
}
break;
}
--
2.54.0