Re: [PATCH v3] Bluetooth: af_bluetooth: Fix double list_del and UAF in accept_q
From: Pauli Virtanen
Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 12:03:34 EST
Hi,
pe, 2026-09-18 kello 17:47 +0700, Nguyen Ngoc Thang kirjoitti:
> 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.
This was resent without replying to previous comments:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bluetooth/1baff112d1ebd255575c7e52936b13db10f218b7.camel@xxxxxx/
AFAIK the issue is already fixed upstream in a different way.
> Additionally, if multiple threads concurrently tear down the child
> socket, bt_accept_unlink() can be called multiple times. Without
> checking if the socket is still in the list, the second thread will
> perform a double list_del_init(), causing list_del corruption (kernel BUG).
>
> Fix this by:
> 1. Taking a reference on parent in bt_accept_enqueue() and dropping it
> only when actually unlinked in bt_accept_unlink().
> 2. Checking !list_empty(&bt_sk(sk)->accept_q) inside the accept_q_lock
> to prevent double unlinking.
> 3. Moving sock_put() outside of the spinlock to avoid sleeping in an
> atomic context.
These don't look right: eg. sock_put() was not inside spinlock even
before.
> Reported-by: syzbot+534002670dd34a114fdc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=534002670dd34a114fdc
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
>
> Signed-off-by: Nguyen Ngoc Thang <ngocthang2710.1999@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
> index 411d66f24393..7797b1052808 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);
> @@ -257,15 +261,24 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bt_accept_enqueue);
> void bt_accept_unlink(struct sock *sk)
> {
> struct sock *parent = bt_sk(sk)->parent;
> + bool unlinked = false;
>
> - BT_DBG("sk %p state %d", sk, sk->sk_state);
> + if (!parent)
> + return;
>
> spin_lock_bh(&bt_sk(parent)->accept_q_lock);
> - list_del_init(&bt_sk(sk)->accept_q);
> - sk_acceptq_removed(parent);
> + if (!list_empty(&bt_sk(sk)->accept_q)) {
> + list_del_init(&bt_sk(sk)->accept_q);
> + sk_acceptq_removed(parent);
> + unlinked = true;
> + }
> spin_unlock_bh(&bt_sk(parent)->accept_q_lock);
> - bt_sk(sk)->parent = NULL;
> - sock_put(sk);
> +
> + if (unlinked) {
> + bt_sk(sk)->parent = NULL;
> + sock_put(parent);
> + sock_put(sk);
> + }
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(bt_accept_unlink);
>
--
Pauli Virtanen