[PATCH 10/11] Bluetooth: ISO: fix refcounting of iso_conn

From: Pauli Virtanen

Date: Fri Jul 24 2026 - 16:22:36 EST


iso_conn_del() and iso_chan_del() have a race that results to double-put
of iso_conn:

[Task hdev->workqueue] [Task 2]
iso_conn_del iso_chan_del
iso_conn_hold_unless_zero iso_conn_lock
iso_conn_lock conn->sk = NULL
iso_conn_unlock
sk = iso_sock_hold(conn) <---------´
if (!sk) iso_conn_put iso_conn_put
iso_conn_put /* UAF */

The extra put for !sk in iso_conn_del() is currently required since
failing iso_chan_add() may leave iso_conn not associated with any sk.

Fix by having iso_pi(sk)->conn own refcount when non-NULL, so
iso_conn_del does not need to put it. Adjust the iso_conn_add()
refcounting so that conn is put if it does not get associated with an
sk.

Fixes: dc26097bdb86 ("Bluetooth: ISO: Use kref to track lifetime of iso_conn")
Signed-off-by: Pauli Virtanen <pav@xxxxxx>
---
net/bluetooth/iso.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/iso.c b/net/bluetooth/iso.c
index bfd39baa8503..30de99ba4b30 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/iso.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/iso.c
@@ -108,9 +108,6 @@ static void iso_conn_free(struct kref *ref)

BT_DBG("conn %p", conn);

- if (conn->sk)
- iso_pi(conn->sk)->conn = NULL;
-
if (conn->hcon) {
conn->hcon->iso_data = NULL;
if (!test_and_set_bit(ISO_CONN_DROPPED, conn->flags))
@@ -145,6 +142,14 @@ static struct iso_conn *iso_conn_hold_unless_zero(struct iso_conn *conn)
return conn;
}

+static struct iso_conn *iso_conn_hold(struct iso_conn *conn)
+{
+ BT_DBG("conn %p refcnt %u", conn, kref_read(&conn->ref));
+
+ kref_get(&conn->ref);
+ return conn;
+}
+
static struct sock *iso_sock_hold(struct iso_conn *conn)
{
if (!conn || !bt_sock_linked(&iso_sk_list, conn->sk))
@@ -210,7 +215,6 @@ static struct iso_conn *iso_conn_add(struct hci_conn *hcon)
conn->hcon = hcon;
iso_conn_unlock(conn);
}
- iso_conn_put(conn);
return conn;
}

@@ -279,10 +283,8 @@ static void iso_conn_del(struct hci_conn *hcon, int err)
sk = iso_sock_hold(conn);
iso_conn_unlock(conn);

- if (!sk) {
- iso_conn_put(conn);
+ if (!sk)
goto done;
- }

iso_sock_disable_timer(sk);

@@ -320,7 +322,7 @@ static int __iso_chan_add(struct iso_conn *conn, struct sock *sk,
return -EIO;
}

- iso_pi(sk)->conn = conn;
+ iso_pi(sk)->conn = iso_conn_hold(conn);
conn->sk = sk;
clear_bit(ISO_CONN_DROPPED, conn->flags);

@@ -427,6 +429,7 @@ static int iso_connect_bis(struct sock *sk)
}

err = iso_chan_add(conn, sk, NULL);
+ iso_conn_put(conn);
if (err)
goto unlock;

@@ -529,6 +532,7 @@ static int iso_connect_cis(struct sock *sk)
}

err = iso_chan_add(conn, sk, NULL);
+ iso_conn_put(conn);
if (err)
goto unlock;

@@ -1310,10 +1314,9 @@ static int iso_listen_bis(struct sock *sk)
}

err = iso_chan_add(conn, sk, NULL);
- if (err) {
- hci_conn_drop(hcon);
+ iso_conn_put(conn);
+ if (err)
goto unlock;
- }

unlock:
release_sock(sk);
@@ -2551,8 +2554,10 @@ static void iso_connect_cfm(struct hci_conn *hcon, __u8 status)
struct iso_conn *conn;

conn = iso_conn_add(hcon);
- if (conn)
+ if (conn) {
iso_conn_ready(conn);
+ iso_conn_put(conn);
+ }
} else {
iso_conn_del(hcon, bt_to_errno(status));
}
--
2.55.0