[PATCH] Bluetooth: hci_event: fix LE list UAF on reset

From: Chengfeng Ye

Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 04:51:29 EST


hci_cc_reset() clears the LE accept and resolving lists without taking
hdev->lock. Other command-complete handlers serialize updates to these
lists with that lock, and the debugfs readers hold it while walking them.

This permits the reset completion and a debugfs read to interleave as
follows:

hci_rx_work debugfs reader
----------- --------------
lock hdev->lock
fetch current entry
list_del(entry)
kfree(entry)
read entry fields

The reader then dereferences a freed list entry and may follow its stale
next pointer.

KASAN reported:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in white_list_show+0x15f/0x180
Read of size 1 at addr ffff8881015dab16 by task poc/95

Call Trace:
white_list_show+0x15f/0x180
seq_read_iter+0x3ff/0x1190
seq_read+0x267/0x3d0
vfs_read+0x177/0xa20
ksys_read+0xf7/0x1c0

Allocated by task 91:
hci_bdaddr_list_add+0x1a6/0x3a0
hci_cc_le_add_to_accept_list+0xab/0x140
hci_cmd_complete_evt+0x26c/0x9a0
hci_event_packet+0x454/0xb20
hci_rx_work+0x293/0x730

Freed by task 90:
kfree+0x131/0x3c0
hci_bdaddr_list_clear+0xd8/0x160
hci_cc_reset+0x28a/0x370
hci_cmd_complete_evt+0x26c/0x9a0
hci_event_packet+0x454/0xb20
hci_rx_work+0x293/0x730

Take hdev->lock around both list clears. This matches the existing
mutation and traversal locking convention.

Fixes: a4d5504d5c39 ("Bluetooth: Clear LE white list when resetting controller")
Fixes: cfdb0c2d095a ("Bluetooth: Store Resolv list size")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/bluetooth/hci_event.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
index 741d658e9630..00e2683f99ed 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
@@ -294,8 +294,10 @@ static u8 hci_cc_reset(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data, struct sk_buff *skb)

hdev->ssp_debug_mode = 0;

+ hci_dev_lock(hdev);
hci_bdaddr_list_clear(&hdev->le_accept_list);
hci_bdaddr_list_clear(&hdev->le_resolv_list);
+ hci_dev_unlock(hdev);

return rp->status;
}
--
2.43.0