[PATCH] Bluetooth: bnep: fix out-of-bounds reads on short RX/TX frames and control fallthrough

From: Hui Peng

Date: Sat Sep 19 2026 - 18:18:21 EST


Fix multiple out-of-bounds reads in Bluetooth BNEP frame processing:

1. In bnep_rx_frame() and bnep_ctrl_frame() (net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c),
use pskb_may_pull() to verify the BNEP header, control type byte,
filter count, and extension headers exist before reading them, and
return 0 after handling BNEP_CONTROL instead of falling through to
Ethernet frame submission when no extension headers follow.
2. In bnep_net_xmit() (net/bluetooth/bnep/netdev.c), verify skb->len >=
ETH_HLEN with pskb_may_pull() before reading the 14-byte Ethernet
header to prevent an out-of-bounds heap read and infoleak on short
AF_PACKET TX frames.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@xxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c b/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
index f7d88c33e23e..ad24d2486665 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
@@ -270,9 +270,14 @@ static int bnep_rx_extension(struct bnep_session *s, struct sk_buff *skb)

BT_DBG("type 0x%x len %u", h->type, h->len);

+ if (skb->len < h->len) {
+ err = -EILSEQ;
+ break;
+ }
+
switch (h->type & BNEP_TYPE_MASK) {
case BNEP_EXT_CONTROL:
- bnep_rx_control(s, skb->data, skb->len);
+ bnep_rx_control(s, skb->data, h->len);
break;

default:
@@ -373,6 +378,11 @@ static int bnep_rx_frame(struct bnep_session *s, struct sk_buff *skb)
goto badframe;
}

+ if ((type & BNEP_TYPE_MASK) == BNEP_CONTROL) {
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
/* Strip 802.1p header */
if (ntohs(s->eh.h_proto) == ETH_P_8021Q) {
if (!skb_pull(skb, 4))
@@ -451,6 +461,11 @@ static int bnep_tx_frame(struct bnep_session *s, struct sk_buff *skb)
goto send;
}

+ if (skb->len < ETH_HLEN) {
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
iv[il++] = (struct kvec) { &type, 1 };
len++;

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/bnep/netdev.c b/net/bluetooth/bnep/netdev.c
index ee1e39a3daff..b451ef457741 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/bnep/netdev.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/bnep/netdev.c
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ static netdev_tx_t bnep_net_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,

BT_DBG("skb %p, dev %p", skb, dev);

+ if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN)) {
+ dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+ }
+
#ifdef CONFIG_BT_BNEP_MC_FILTER
if (bnep_net_mc_filter(skb, s)) {
kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -218,7 +224,7 @@ void bnep_net_setup(struct net_device *dev)
dev->addr_len = ETH_ALEN;

ether_setup(dev);
- dev->min_mtu = 0;
+ dev->min_mtu = ETH_MIN_MTU;
dev->max_mtu = ETH_MAX_MTU;
dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING;
dev->netdev_ops = &bnep_netdev_ops;