Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: btintel_pcie: Fix array bounds check bugs

From: 赵金明

Date: Thu Aug 20 2026 - 05:38:06 EST


Thank you for your review.

I split the fixes into 3 patches in a new thread as suggested.
Changes in v1:
- Fixed off-by-one comparisons in the synchronous paths
- Added bounds checks for cr_tia and descriptor fields in TX/RX handlers
- Used READ_ONCE() for DMA-coherent bitfield reads to avoid TOCTOU
- Changed return to break to avoid repeated processing of corrupted descriptors

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260820-btintel_pcie_bounds_fixes-v1-0-c9dcd1ac8bf6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Thanks,
Zhao Jinming



>Dear Zhao,



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>Thank you for your patch. For the summary I’d use:



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>Bluetooth: btintel_pcie: Check array bounds of dev controlled indices



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>Am 13.08.26 um 12:37 schrieb ZhaoJinming:



>> Fix four array bounds issues in the Intel BT PCIe driver:



>>



>> 1. btintel_pcie_send_sync(): bounds check for tfd_index uses '>' instead



>>???? of '>='.? When tfd_index == txq->count (32), the check passes and



>>???? btintel_pcie_prepare_tx() writes past the end of txq->tfds[] and



>>???? txq->bufs[].



>>



>> 2. btintel_pcie_submit_rx(): same off-by-one on frbd_index.? When



>>???? frbd_index == rxq->count (64), the check passes and



>>???? btintel_pcie_prepare_rx() writes past the end of rxq->frbds[] and



>>???? rxq->bufs[].



>>



>> 3. btintel_pcie_msix_tx_handle(): cr_tia (device-controlled, from



>>???? shared DMA memory) is used to index txq->urbd0s[] before any bounds



>>???? check, and the urbd0->tfd_index check uses '>' instead of '>='.



>>



>> 4. btintel_pcie_msix_rx_handle(): cr_tia (device-controlled) indexes



>>???? rxq->urbd1s[] with no bounds check.? urbd1->frbd_tag is a 16-bit



>>???? device-controlled field (0-65535) used directly as an index into



>>???? rxq->bufs[] (64 elements).



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>Enumerating things in the commit message, is a good indicator to split



>the commit into smaller ones.



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>> Fix all four by correcting the comparison operators and adding explicit



>> bounds checks on device-controlled indices before array access.



>>



>> Fixes: c2b636b3f788 ("Bluetooth: btintel_pcie: Add support for PCIe transport")



>> Signed-off-by: ZhaoJinming <zhaojinming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>



>> ---



>>?? drivers/bluetooth/btintel_pcie.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---



>>?? 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)



>>



>> diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel_pcie.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel_pcie.c



>> index 2b7231be5973..32cfa0f5af1c 100644



>> --- a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel_pcie.c



>> +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel_pcie.c



>> @@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ static int btintel_pcie_send_sync(struct btintel_pcie_data *data,



>>??



>>?? tfd_index = data->ia.tr_hia[BTINTEL_PCIE_TXQ_NUM];



>>??



>> - if (tfd_index > txq->count)



>> + if (tfd_index >= txq->count)



>>?? return -ERANGE;



>>??



>>?? /* Firmware raises alive interrupt on HCI_OP_RESET or



>> @@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static int btintel_pcie_submit_rx(struct btintel_pcie_data *data)



>>??



>>?? frbd_index = data->ia.tr_hia[BTINTEL_PCIE_RXQ_NUM];



>>??



>> - if (frbd_index > rxq->count)



>> + if (frbd_index >= rxq->count)



>>?? return -ERANGE;



>>??



>>?? /* Prepare for RX submit. It updates the FRBD with the address of DMA



>> @@ -1094,12 +1094,15 @@ static void btintel_pcie_msix_tx_handle(struct btintel_pcie_data *data)



>>?? txq = &data->txq;



>>??



>>?? while (cr_tia != cr_hia) {



>> + if (cr_tia >= txq->count)



>> + return;



>> +



>>?? data->tx_wait_done = true;



>>?? wake_up(&data->tx_wait_q);



>>??



>>?? urbd0 = &txq->urbd0s[cr_tia];



>>??



>> - if (urbd0->tfd_index > txq->count)



>> + if (urbd0->tfd_index >= txq->count)



>>?? return;



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>gemini/gemini-3.1-pro-preview comments [1]:



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>> If urbd0->tfd_index is invalid and we return early here, doesn't this permanently



>> stall the TX completion queue?



>> By returning early, cr_tia is never advanced. The next interrupt will process



>> the exact same corrupted descriptor and return early again.



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>>??



>>?? cr_tia = (cr_tia + 1) % txq->count;



>> @@ -1584,9 +1587,21 @@ static void btintel_pcie_msix_rx_handle(struct btintel_pcie_data *data)



>>?? * process all received CDs in this interrupt.



>>?? */



>>?? while (cr_tia != cr_hia) {



>> + if (cr_tia >= rxq->count) {



>> + bt_dev_err(hdev, "RXQ: invalid cr_tia %u (count %u)",



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>Maybe: RXQ: invalid cr_tia %u >= %u, contact device vendor



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>> + ?? cr_tia, rxq->count);



>> + return;



>> + }



>> +



>>?? urbd1 = &rxq->urbd1s[cr_tia];



>>?? ipc_print_urbd1(data->hdev, urbd1, cr_tia);



>>??



>> + if (urbd1->frbd_tag >= rxq->count) {



>> + bt_dev_err(hdev, "RXQ: invalid frbd_tag %u (count %u)",



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>Ditto regarding the log message.



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>> + ?? urbd1->frbd_tag, rxq->count);



>> + return;



>> + }



>> +



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>gemini/gemini-3.1-pro-preview comments [1]:



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>> By returning early when urbd1->frbd_tag is invalid, we fail to advance cr_tia.



>> Will this permanently stall the RX completion queue since the next interrupt



>> will process the same corrupted descriptor?



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>>?? buf = &rxq->bufs[urbd1->frbd_tag];



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>gemini/gemini-3.1-pro-preview comments [1]:



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>> Does this introduce a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability?



>> urbd1->frbd_tag is a bitfield inside a DMA-coherent structure. The code accesses



>> it once for the bounds check (above) and again here to index the array.



>> Can the compiler emit two separate memory reads, allowing the device to alter



>> the value after the check passes but before the array access?



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>>?? if (!buf) {



>>?? bt_dev_err(hdev, "RXQ: failed to get the DMA buffer for %d",



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>Kind regards,



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>Paul



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