[PATCH] Bluetooth: af_bluetooth: hold a reference on parent in accept_q

From: Nguyen Ngoc Thang

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 11:56:20 EST


bt_sk(sk)->parent is a raw pointer with no refcount backing it, so a
child sitting in the listening socket's accept_q can outlive it. When
the child's channel is torn down independently (e.g. hci_error_reset()
-> l2cap_conn_del() -> l2cap_sock_teardown_cb()), bt_accept_unlink()
dereferences the freed parent, corrupting its accept_q_lock and list.

Take a reference on parent in bt_accept_enqueue() and drop it in
bt_accept_unlink() to keep it alive for as long as a child points to
it.

Reported-by: syzbot+534002670dd34a114fdc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=534002670dd34a114fdc
Signed-off-by: Nguyen Ngoc Thang <ngocthang2710.1999@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
index 411d66f24393..f9aae18c6733 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ void bt_accept_enqueue(struct sock *parent, struct sock *sk, bool bh)
else
lock_sock_nested(sk, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);

+ /* Hold a reference on parent so it cannot be freed while sk keeps
+ * a raw pointer to it via bt_sk(sk)->parent.
+ */
+ sock_hold(parent);
bt_sk(sk)->parent = parent;

spin_lock_bh(&par->accept_q_lock);
@@ -265,6 +269,7 @@ void bt_accept_unlink(struct sock *sk)
sk_acceptq_removed(parent);
spin_unlock_bh(&bt_sk(parent)->accept_q_lock);
bt_sk(sk)->parent = NULL;
+ sock_put(parent);
sock_put(sk);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bt_accept_unlink);
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