Re: [syzbot] [bluetooth?] [usb?] memory leak in __hci_cmd_sync_sk

From: Edward Adam Davis

Date: Sun Nov 23 2025 - 10:09:57 EST


#syz test

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
index 6e76798ec786..1fce1a8c79ee 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ struct sk_buff *__hci_cmd_sync_sk(struct hci_dev *hdev, u16 opcode, u32 plen,
if (err < 0)
return ERR_PTR(err);

+ skb = skb_peek_tail(&req.cmd_q);
+retry:
err = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(hdev->req_wait_q,
hdev->req_status != HCI_REQ_PEND,
timeout);
@@ -186,6 +188,12 @@ struct sk_buff *__hci_cmd_sync_sk(struct hci_dev *hdev, u16 opcode, u32 plen,
break;

case HCI_REQ_CANCELED:
+ if (!skb_queue_empty(&hdev->cmd_q) && hdev->req_skb != skb) {
+ hdev->req_status = HCI_REQ_PEND;
+ atomic_set(&hdev->cmd_cnt, 1);
+ queue_work(hdev->workqueue, &hdev->cmd_work);
+ goto retry;
+ }
err = -hdev->req_result;
break;

diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c
index 2fef08254d78..2e12615f539e 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ static int vhci_send_frame(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct vhci_data *data = hci_get_drvdata(hdev);

+ printk("skb: %p refcnt: %u, data inited: %d, %s\n",
+ skb, refcount_read(&skb->users),
+ atomic_read(&data->initialized),
+ __func__);
memcpy(skb_push(skb, 1), &hci_skb_pkt_type(skb), 1);

skb_queue_tail(&data->readq, skb);
@@ -587,6 +591,8 @@ static ssize_t vhci_read(struct file *file,
skb = skb_dequeue(&data->readq);
if (skb) {
ret = vhci_put_user(data, skb, buf, count);
+ printk("skb: %p refcnt: %u len: %u, data: %p, ret: %ld, count: %lu, %s\n",
+ skb, refcount_read(&skb->users), skb->len, skb->data, ret, count, __func__);
if (ret < 0)
skb_queue_head(&data->readq, skb);
else