[PATCH 1/2] Bluetooth: HIDP: reject frames without a transaction header

From: Sangho Lee

Date: Wed Jul 22 2026 - 23:30:35 EST


hidp_recv_ctrl_frame() and hidp_recv_intr_frame() read skb->data[0]
before checking that the L2CAP SDU contains a transaction header. A
connected HIDP peer can send an empty basic-mode SDU and make both paths
use an uninitialized byte from skb tailroom.

KMSAN reports the use in hidp_session_run(), with the uninitialized value
originating in __alloc_skb() through vhci_write(). The control path
produces two reports and the interrupt path produces one.

The byte can also be controlled by a malformed lower-layer packet. If an
HCI ACL packet contains an L2CAP PDU with a declared zero-length payload
followed by an extra 0x15 byte, l2cap_recv_acldata() reduces skb->len to
the declared PDU length before dispatch. The current HIDP path nevertheless
consumes the extra byte as HIDP_TRANS_HID_CONTROL |
HIDP_CTRL_VIRTUAL_CABLE_UNPLUG and terminates the HIDP session. With this
change, the same packet is discarded and a subsequent feature report
request succeeds.

Pull the transaction header with skb_pull_data() and discard frames that
do not contain it.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sangho Lee <kudo3228@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c b/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c
index 0e24c5e2955e..194208d03d18 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c
@@ -560,16 +560,18 @@ static int hidp_process_data(struct hidp_session *session, struct sk_buff *skb,
static void hidp_recv_ctrl_frame(struct hidp_session *session,
struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- unsigned char hdr, type, param;
+ unsigned char type, param;
+ u8 *hdr;
int free_skb = 1;

BT_DBG("session %p skb %p len %u", session, skb, skb->len);

- hdr = skb->data[0];
- skb_pull(skb, 1);
+ hdr = skb_pull_data(skb, 1);
+ if (!hdr)
+ goto free;

- type = hdr & HIDP_HEADER_TRANS_MASK;
- param = hdr & HIDP_HEADER_PARAM_MASK;
+ type = *hdr & HIDP_HEADER_TRANS_MASK;
+ param = *hdr & HIDP_HEADER_PARAM_MASK;

switch (type) {
case HIDP_TRANS_HANDSHAKE:
@@ -590,6 +592,7 @@ static void hidp_recv_ctrl_frame(struct hidp_session *session,
break;
}

+free:
if (free_skb)
kfree_skb(skb);
}
@@ -597,14 +600,15 @@ static void hidp_recv_ctrl_frame(struct hidp_session *session,
static void hidp_recv_intr_frame(struct hidp_session *session,
struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- unsigned char hdr;
+ u8 *hdr;

BT_DBG("session %p skb %p len %u", session, skb, skb->len);

- hdr = skb->data[0];
- skb_pull(skb, 1);
+ hdr = skb_pull_data(skb, 1);
+ if (!hdr)
+ goto free;

- if (hdr == (HIDP_TRANS_DATA | HIDP_DATA_RTYPE_INPUT)) {
+ if (*hdr == (HIDP_TRANS_DATA | HIDP_DATA_RTYPE_INPUT)) {
hidp_set_timer(session);

if (session->input)
@@ -616,9 +620,10 @@ static void hidp_recv_intr_frame(struct hidp_session *session,
BT_DBG("report len %d", skb->len);
}
} else {
- BT_DBG("Unsupported protocol header 0x%02x", hdr);
+ BT_DBG("Unsupported protocol header 0x%02x", *hdr);
}

+free:
kfree_skb(skb);
}

--
2.43.0