Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH] net: bluetooth: Fix null pointer deref in hci_phy_link_complete_evt

From: Greg KH
Date: Sun Aug 30 2020 - 05:19:21 EST


On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 10:27:12PM +0530, Anmol Karn wrote:
> Fix null pointer deref in hci_phy_link_complete_evt, there was no
> checking there for the hcon->amp_mgr->l2cap_conn->hconn, and also
> in hci_cmd_work, for hdev->sent_cmd.
>
> To fix this issue Add pointer checking in hci_cmd_work and
> hci_phy_link_complete_evt.
> [Linux-next-20200827]
>
> This patch corrected some mistakes from previous patch.
>
> Reported-by: syzbot+0bef568258653cff272f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=0d93140da5a82305a66a136af99b088b75177b99
> Signed-off-by: Anmol Karn <anmol.karan123@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/bluetooth/hci_core.c | 5 ++++-
> net/bluetooth/hci_event.c | 4 ++++
> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
> index 68bfe57b6625..996efd654e7a 100644
> --- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
> +++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
> @@ -4922,7 +4922,10 @@ static void hci_cmd_work(struct work_struct *work)
>
> kfree_skb(hdev->sent_cmd);
>
> - hdev->sent_cmd = skb_clone(skb, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (hdev->sent_cmd) {
> + hdev->sent_cmd = skb_clone(skb, GFP_KERNEL);
> + }

How can sent_cmd be NULL here? Are you sure something previous to this
shouldn't be fixed instead?


> +
> if (hdev->sent_cmd) {
> if (hci_req_status_pend(hdev))
> hci_dev_set_flag(hdev, HCI_CMD_PENDING);
> diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
> index 4b7fc430793c..1e7d9bee9111 100644
> --- a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
> +++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
> @@ -4941,6 +4941,10 @@ static void hci_phy_link_complete_evt(struct hci_dev *hdev,
> hci_dev_unlock(hdev);
> return;
> }
> + if (!(hcon->amp_mgr->l2cap_conn->hcon)) {
> + hci_dev_unlock(hdev);
> + return;
> + }

How can this be triggered?

thanks,

greg k-h