Re: [PATCH v2] Bluetooth: ISO: fix use-after-free of listener socket in iso_conn_ready
From: Pauli Virtanen
Date: Sun Aug 16 2026 - 10:27:07 EST
to, 2026-08-13 kello 19:39 +0800, Hang Nan kirjoitti:
> iso_conn_ready() looks up the BIS listener socket with iso_get_sock(),
> which takes a reference, and then, without re-checking its state,
> creates a child socket from it:
>
> parent = iso_get_sock(hdev, ...);
> if (!parent)
> return;
>
> lock_sock(parent);
> sk = iso_sock_alloc(sock_net(parent), NULL, BTPROTO_ISO, ...);
> ...
> iso_chan_add(conn, sk, parent);
> ...
> release_sock(parent);
> sock_put(parent);
>
> If the listener socket is closed concurrently, between iso_get_sock()
> and lock_sock(), the reference taken by iso_get_sock() may be the last
> one: the close path drops the link-list reference, and once
> iso_conn_ready() drops its own reference at the end of the function the
> socket is freed. The child socket, however, is already linked to the
> freed parent, and a later disconnect of the child runs iso_chan_del()
> -> bt_accept_unlink(), which dereferences the dangling parent pointer
> into the freed accept queue (a use-after-free). The same dangling
> pointer is also dereferenced through parent->***() in
> iso_chan_del().
>
> Fix it the same way the connected (non-BIS) path was fixed in commit
> 0d255e63fcf3 ("Bluetooth: ISO: hold sk properly in iso_conn_ready"):
> after taking the socket lock, re-check that the parent is still a
> listening, alive socket, and bail out otherwise.
>
> Fixes: ccf74f2390d60 ("Bluetooth: Add BTPROTO_ISO socket type")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Fix GitLint B3: replace hard tabs with spaces in the commit message
> code snippet (no functional change)
Changelog should not be in the commit message, but below the --- line.
> Signed-off-by: Hang Nan <2122295973@xxxxxx>
> ---
> net/bluetooth/iso.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/bluetooth/iso.c b/net/bluetooth/iso.c
> index aa2ce78f56a2..069fc87a4e18 100644
> --- a/net/bluetooth/iso.c
> +++ b/net/bluetooth/iso.c
> @@ -2277,6 +2277,21 @@ static void iso_conn_ready(struct iso_conn *conn)
>
> lock_sock(parent);
>
> + /* The listener socket may have been closed concurrently
> + * between iso_get_sock() and lock_sock(): the reference
> + * taken by iso_get_sock() may be the last one, in which
> + * case the socket is freed as soon as we drop it at the
> + * end of this function. Recheck that the parent is still
> + * a valid, listening socket before creating a child
> + * socket from it.
> + */
The explanations are long. Assisted-by: some LLM?
> + if (parent->sk_state != BT_LISTEN ||
> + sock_flag(parent, SOCK_ZAPPED)) {
> + release_sock(parent);
> + sock_put(parent);
> + return;
> + }
The change itsef looks good to me.
> +
> sk = iso_sock_alloc(sock_net(parent), NULL,
> BTPROTO_ISO, GFP_ATOMIC, 0);
> if (!sk) {
--
Pauli Virtanen