[PATCH] Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix scan response data UAF

From: Chengfeng Ye

Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 12:52:30 EST


eir_create_scan_rsp() calls hci_find_adv_instance(), whose return value is
valid only while hdev->lock is held. After advertising setup was moved to
hci_cmd_sync_work, neither scan response data builder held that lock.
hci_set_ext_scan_rsp_data_sync() also kept the returned pointer while
waiting for the controller and wrote scan_rsp_changed through it afterward.

An advertising termination event can therefore interleave as follows:

hci_cmd_sync_work hci_rx_work
hci_find_adv_instance()
__hci_cmd_sync_status()
wait for controller reply hci_dev_lock()
hci_remove_adv_instance()
kfree(adv)
adv->scan_rsp_changed = false

KASAN reported:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_set_ext_scan_rsp_data_sync+0x2e1/0x300
Write of size 1 at addr ffff88810a45d21d by task kworker/u17:0/88
Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work
Call Trace:
hci_set_ext_scan_rsp_data_sync+0x2e1/0x300
hci_schedule_adv_instance_sync+0x390/0x4c0
hci_cmd_sync_work+0x173/0x300
Allocated by task 87:
hci_add_adv_instance+0x538/0xac0
add_advertising+0x885/0x1160
Freed by task 89:
kfree+0x131/0x3c0
hci_remove_adv_instance+0x1d8/0x3b0
hci_le_ext_adv_term_evt+0x17b/0x730

Hold hdev->lock while looking up the instance, building the scan
response, and clearing its dirty bit. Clear the bit before waiting for
the controller so no adv_info pointer survives the wait, and restore it
under the lock if the command fails. This also preserves an update that
races with a successful command because that update sets the bit again.
Protect the legacy scan response builder with the same lock.

Fixes: cba6b758711c ("Bluetooth: hci_sync: Make use of hci_cmd_sync_queue set 2")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
index 532534bc601c..8c69a98c71e8 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
@@ -1490,9 +1490,13 @@ static int hci_set_ext_scan_rsp_data_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, u8 instance)
int err;

if (instance) {
+ hci_dev_lock(hdev);
+
adv = hci_find_adv_instance(hdev, instance);
- if (!adv || !adv->scan_rsp_changed)
+ if (!adv || !adv->scan_rsp_changed) {
+ hci_dev_unlock(hdev);
return 0;
+ }
}

len = eir_create_scan_rsp(hdev, instance, pdu->data);
@@ -1502,15 +1506,27 @@ static int hci_set_ext_scan_rsp_data_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, u8 instance)
pdu->operation = LE_SET_ADV_DATA_OP_COMPLETE;
pdu->frag_pref = LE_SET_ADV_DATA_NO_FRAG;

+ if (adv) {
+ adv->scan_rsp_changed = false;
+ hci_dev_unlock(hdev);
+ }
+
err = __hci_cmd_sync_status(hdev, HCI_OP_LE_SET_EXT_SCAN_RSP_DATA,
struct_size(pdu, data, len), pdu,
HCI_CMD_TIMEOUT);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ if (instance) {
+ hci_dev_lock(hdev);
+ adv = hci_find_adv_instance(hdev, instance);
+ if (adv)
+ adv->scan_rsp_changed = true;
+ hci_dev_unlock(hdev);
+ }
+
return err;
+ }

- if (adv) {
- adv->scan_rsp_changed = false;
- } else {
+ if (!instance) {
memcpy(hdev->scan_rsp_data, pdu->data, len);
hdev->scan_rsp_data_len = len;
}
@@ -1525,8 +1541,14 @@ static int __hci_set_scan_rsp_data_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, u8 instance)

memset(&cp, 0, sizeof(cp));

+ if (instance)
+ hci_dev_lock(hdev);
+
len = eir_create_scan_rsp(hdev, instance, cp.data);

+ if (instance)
+ hci_dev_unlock(hdev);
+
if (hdev->scan_rsp_data_len == len &&
!memcmp(cp.data, hdev->scan_rsp_data, len))
return 0;
--
2.43.0