[PATCH v2] Bluetooth: virtio_bt: avoid OOB read of build info string
From: HyeongJun An
Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 22:00:12 EST
The virtbt_setup_zephyr() sends the Zephyr vendor command 0xfc08 (Read
Build Information) and hands the response to bt_dev_info() and
hci_set_fw_info() as a "%s" string starting at skb->data + 1, without
checking the length. A backend that answers with status only leaves that
pointer past the end of the received data, so the walk reads adjacent
slab memory until it meets a NUL. Those bytes reach the kernel log and
the firmware-info debugfs file.
To fix this, print the string with a bounded "%.*s" limited to
skb->len - 1. A short or unterminated response then prints as much as
arrived instead of failing setup.
This mirrors commit dd068ef04412 ("Bluetooth: bpa10x: avoid OOB read of
revision string in bpa10x_setup()"), which fixed the identical pattern.
Fixes: afd2daa26c7a ("Bluetooth: Add support for virtio transport driver")
Signed-off-by: HyeongJun An <sammiee5311@xxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
---
v2: shortened the subject to fit the list's 80-character limit
tightened the message
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bluetooth/20260715121628.1590321-1-sammiee5311@xxxxxxxxx/
drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c b/drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c
index 140ab55c9fc5..c20d54088c8c 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c
@@ -120,9 +120,13 @@ static int virtbt_setup_zephyr(struct hci_dev *hdev)
if (IS_ERR(skb))
return PTR_ERR(skb);
- bt_dev_info(hdev, "%s", (char *)(skb->data + 1));
+ /* Bounded print: the backend controls skb->len. */
+ if (skb->len > 1) {
+ int len = skb->len - 1;
- hci_set_fw_info(hdev, "%s", skb->data + 1);
+ bt_dev_info(hdev, "%.*s", len, (char *)(skb->data + 1));
+ hci_set_fw_info(hdev, "%.*s", len, skb->data + 1);
+ }
kfree_skb(skb);
return 0;
--
2.43.0