[PATCH] Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Fix session UAF in set_termios

From: Chengfeng Ye

Date: Sun Jul 19 2026 - 12:03:28 EST


rfcomm_tty_set_termios() tests dlc->session without rfcomm_mutex and
later passes the pointer to rfcomm_send_rpn(). The latter dereferences
both session->initiator and session->sock. Meanwhile, krfcommd can
unlink the DLC and free the session while holding rfcomm_mutex.

The race can proceed as follows:

TTY ioctl task krfcommd
-------------- --------
load dlc->session
enter rfcomm_send_rpn()
lock rfcomm_mutex
clear dlc->session
free session
unlock rfcomm_mutex
read session->initiator

KASAN reported:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rfcomm_send_rpn+0x297/0x2a0
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88810012a850 by task poc/92

Call Trace:
rfcomm_send_rpn+0x297/0x2a0
rfcomm_tty_set_termios+0x50d/0x850
tty_set_termios+0x596/0x950
set_termios+0x46a/0x6e0
tty_mode_ioctl+0x152/0xbd0
tty_ioctl+0x915/0x1240
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x134/0x1c0

Allocated by task 92:
rfcomm_session_add+0x9e/0x2e0
rfcomm_dlc_open+0x8b1/0xe00
rfcomm_dev_activate+0x85/0x1a0
rfcomm_tty_open+0x90/0x280

Freed by task 68:
kfree+0x131/0x3c0
rfcomm_session_del+0x119/0x180
rfcomm_run+0x737/0x4710

Add rfcomm_dlc_send_rpn(), which holds rfcomm_mutex while it verifies
that the DLC is still attached and sends the RPN frame. Have the TTY
path use the helper and drop its unlocked session check. This keeps the
session valid through both the frame construction and socket send.

Fixes: 3a5e903c09ae ("[Bluetooth]: Implement RFCOMM remote port negotiation")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/bluetooth/rfcomm.h | 3 +++
net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c | 7 +++----
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/rfcomm.h b/include/net/bluetooth/rfcomm.h
index feb6b3ae5e69..102c278e3584 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/rfcomm.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/rfcomm.h
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ int rfcomm_send_rpn(struct rfcomm_session *s, int cr, u8 dlci,
u8 bit_rate, u8 data_bits, u8 stop_bits,
u8 parity, u8 flow_ctrl_settings,
u8 xon_char, u8 xoff_char, u16 param_mask);
+int rfcomm_dlc_send_rpn(struct rfcomm_dlc *d, u8 bit_rate, u8 data_bits,
+ u8 stop_bits, u8 parity, u8 flow_ctrl_settings,
+ u8 xon_char, u8 xoff_char, u16 param_mask);

/* ---- RFCOMM DLCs (channels) ---- */
struct rfcomm_dlc *rfcomm_dlc_alloc(gfp_t prio);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
index ebeae17b71d1..75f7512dec54 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
@@ -1028,6 +1028,23 @@ int rfcomm_send_rpn(struct rfcomm_session *s, int cr, u8 dlci,
return rfcomm_send_frame(s, buf, ptr - buf);
}

+int rfcomm_dlc_send_rpn(struct rfcomm_dlc *d, u8 bit_rate, u8 data_bits,
+ u8 stop_bits, u8 parity, u8 flow_ctrl_settings,
+ u8 xon_char, u8 xoff_char, u16 param_mask)
+{
+ int err = -ENOTCONN;
+
+ rfcomm_lock();
+ if (d->session)
+ err = rfcomm_send_rpn(d->session, 1, d->dlci, bit_rate,
+ data_bits, stop_bits, parity,
+ flow_ctrl_settings, xon_char, xoff_char,
+ param_mask);
+ rfcomm_unlock();
+
+ return err;
+}
+
static int rfcomm_send_rls(struct rfcomm_session *s, int cr, u8 dlci, u8 status)
{
struct rfcomm_hdr *hdr;
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c
index 4b9a699ec59b..b2c1060394e6 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ static void rfcomm_tty_set_termios(struct tty_struct *tty,

BT_DBG("tty %p termios %p", tty, old);

- if (!dev || !dev->dlc || !dev->dlc->session)
+ if (!dev || !dev->dlc)
return;

/* Handle turning off CRTSCTS */
@@ -979,9 +979,8 @@ static void rfcomm_tty_set_termios(struct tty_struct *tty,
}

if (changes)
- rfcomm_send_rpn(dev->dlc->session, 1, dev->dlc->dlci, baud,
- data_bits, stop_bits, parity,
- RFCOMM_RPN_FLOW_NONE, x_on, x_off, changes);
+ rfcomm_dlc_send_rpn(dev->dlc, baud, data_bits, stop_bits, parity,
+ RFCOMM_RPN_FLOW_NONE, x_on, x_off, changes);
}

static void rfcomm_tty_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty)
--
2.43.0