[PATCH v2 2/4] Bluetooth: mgmt: fix locking in unpair_device/disconnect_sync

From: Pauli Virtanen

Date: Sun Jul 05 2026 - 18:44:02 EST


Dereferencing RCU-protected pointers outside critical sections is
invalid and may lead to UAF.

Take hdev->lock for hci_conn lookup and hci_abort_conn(). Don't use RCU
to ensure the conn is fully initialized at this point.

Fixes: 227a0cdf4a028 ("Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix not generating command complete for MGMT_OP_DISCONNECT")
Signed-off-by: Pauli Virtanen <pav@xxxxxx>
---

Notes:
v2:
- take hdev->lock instead of RCU, to make sure the conn object
is fully initialized before hci_conn_abort_sync()

hci_conn_abort_sync() may not be called with hdev->lock held
when called from hci_sync workqueue.

net/bluetooth/mgmt.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
index 733a4b70e10c..39268f58a49d 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
@@ -3091,6 +3091,8 @@ static int unpair_device_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data)
struct mgmt_cp_unpair_device *cp = cmd->param;
struct hci_conn *conn;

+ hci_dev_lock(hdev);
+
if (cp->addr.type == BDADDR_BREDR)
conn = hci_conn_hash_lookup_ba(hdev, ACL_LINK,
&cp->addr.bdaddr);
@@ -3098,6 +3100,11 @@ static int unpair_device_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data)
conn = hci_conn_hash_lookup_le(hdev, &cp->addr.bdaddr,
le_addr_type(cp->addr.type));

+ if (conn)
+ hci_conn_get(conn);
+
+ hci_dev_unlock(hdev);
+
if (!conn)
return 0;

@@ -3105,6 +3112,7 @@ static int unpair_device_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data)
* will clean up the connection no matter the error.
*/
hci_abort_conn(conn, HCI_ERROR_REMOTE_USER_TERM);
+ hci_conn_put(conn);

return 0;
}
@@ -3252,6 +3260,8 @@ static int disconnect_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data)
struct mgmt_cp_disconnect *cp = cmd->param;
struct hci_conn *conn;

+ hci_dev_lock(hdev);
+
if (cp->addr.type == BDADDR_BREDR)
conn = hci_conn_hash_lookup_ba(hdev, ACL_LINK,
&cp->addr.bdaddr);
@@ -3259,6 +3269,11 @@ static int disconnect_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data)
conn = hci_conn_hash_lookup_le(hdev, &cp->addr.bdaddr,
le_addr_type(cp->addr.type));

+ if (conn)
+ hci_conn_get(conn);
+
+ hci_dev_unlock(hdev);
+
if (!conn)
return -ENOTCONN;

@@ -3266,6 +3281,7 @@ static int disconnect_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data)
* will clean up the connection no matter the error.
*/
hci_abort_conn(conn, HCI_ERROR_REMOTE_USER_TERM);
+ hci_conn_put(conn);

return 0;
}
--
2.55.0