[PATCH] Bluetooth: RFCOMM: serialize security confirmation handling

From: Chengfeng Ye

Date: Sat Aug 22 2026 - 12:44:15 EST


rfcomm_security_cfm() looks up a session on session_list and then walks
its DLC list without holding rfcomm_mutex. Since RFCOMM session teardown
uses rfcomm_mutex, krfcommd can close and free the same session and DLCs
concurrently:

hci_rx_work krfcommd
----------- ---------
rfcomm_session_get()
rfcomm_lock()
rfcomm_session_close()
rfcomm_dlc_unlink()
rfcomm_session_del()
kfree(s)
rfcomm_unlock()
walk s->dlcs

The callback can then read a freed session list head and touch freed DLCs
while updating their flags or timers.

Serialize the session lookup and DLC traversal in rfcomm_security_cfm()
with rfcomm_mutex. This matches the existing RFCOMM session lifetime
rules and prevents concurrent rfcomm_session_del() / rfcomm_dlc_unlink()
from tearing the objects down while the callback is using them.

KASAN reported:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rfcomm_security_cfm+0x41c/0x440
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888111fb3960 by task kworker/u17:1/89
Workqueue: hci0 hci_rx_work
Call Trace:
rfcomm_security_cfm+0x41c/0x440
hci_encrypt_cfm+0x139/0x590
hci_encrypt_change_evt+0x37b/0xc40
hci_event_packet+0x71b/0xb20
hci_rx_work+0x293/0x730
Allocated by task 69:
rfcomm_session_add+0x9e/0x2f0
rfcomm_run+0x44b/0x41e0
Freed by task 69:
kfree+0x131/0x3c0
rfcomm_session_del+0x188/0x220
rfcomm_run+0x1985/0x41e0

Fixes: 08c30aca9e698faddebd34f81e1196295f9dc063 ("Bluetooth: Remove RFCOMM session refcnt")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
index 9cdfea666a2c..5d150e8623d5 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
@@ -2213,9 +2213,13 @@ static void rfcomm_security_cfm(struct hci_conn *conn, u8 status, u8 encrypt)

BT_DBG("conn %p status 0x%02x encrypt 0x%02x", conn, status, encrypt);

+ rfcomm_lock();
+
s = rfcomm_session_get(&conn->hdev->bdaddr, &conn->dst);
- if (!s)
+ if (!s) {
+ rfcomm_unlock();
return;
+ }

list_for_each_entry_safe(d, n, &s->dlcs, list) {
if (test_and_clear_bit(RFCOMM_SEC_PENDING, &d->flags)) {
@@ -2247,6 +2251,8 @@ static void rfcomm_security_cfm(struct hci_conn *conn, u8 status, u8 encrypt)
set_bit(RFCOMM_AUTH_REJECT, &d->flags);
}

+ rfcomm_unlock();
+
rfcomm_schedule();
}

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2.43.0