[PATCH] Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix UAF in l2cap_le_connect_rsp

From: Jiale Yao

Date: Thu Jul 23 2026 - 02:52:21 EST


l2cap_le_connect_rsp() obtains a channel via
__l2cap_get_chan_by_ident() but neither holds a reference nor uses
l2cap_chan_hold_unless_zero() before locking and operating on it.
A concurrent l2cap_chan_del() triggered by a remote disconnect can
free the channel between the lookup and l2cap_chan_lock(), causing
a use-after-free.

The BR/EDR counterpart l2cap_connect_rsp() and the sibling handler
l2cap_le_command_rej() already use l2cap_chan_hold_unless_zero()
to safely hold a reference, but l2cap_le_connect_rsp() was left
unprotected.

Fix by adding l2cap_chan_hold_unless_zero() after the ident lookup
and l2cap_chan_put() on the exit path, consistent with other L2CAP
response handlers.

Fixes: f1496dee9cbd ("Bluetooth: Add initial code for LE L2CAP Connect Request")
Assisted-by: Claude:deepseek-v4-pro
Signed-off-by: Jiale Yao <yaojiale02@xxxxxxx>
---
net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
index 538ae9aa3479..1156aba4e83c 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
@@ -4820,6 +4820,10 @@ static int l2cap_le_connect_rsp(struct l2cap_conn *conn,
if (!chan)
return -EBADSLT;

+ chan = l2cap_chan_hold_unless_zero(chan);
+ if (!chan)
+ return -EBADSLT;
+
err = 0;

l2cap_chan_lock(chan);
@@ -4865,6 +4869,7 @@ static int l2cap_le_connect_rsp(struct l2cap_conn *conn,
}

l2cap_chan_unlock(chan);
+ l2cap_chan_put(chan);

return err;
}
--
2.34.1