[PATCH] Bluetooth: btrtl: Don't leak return code when parsing firmware format v2

From: Rong Zhang

Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 15:31:35 EST


When key_id from chip is zero, rtlbt_parse_firmware_v2() intentionally
ignores all security headers. However, the implementation simply breaks
from a switch statement and leaks uninitialized return code `rc' (if the
first section is a security one) or the previous section's `rc'.

Fix it by really skipping a loop with `continue'. For consistency and
readability, also do the same for the default case.

Fixes: 9a24ce5e29b1 ("Bluetooth: btrtl: Firmware format v2 support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Rong Zhang <i@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
index 03fa9409e3ee..d29813331603 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ static int rtlbt_parse_firmware_v2(struct hci_dev *hdev,
* headers.
*/
if (!key_id)
- break;
+ continue;
rc = btrtl_parse_section(hdev, btrtl_dev, opcode,
ptr, section_len);
break;
@@ -600,8 +600,7 @@ static int rtlbt_parse_firmware_v2(struct hci_dev *hdev,
ptr, section_len);
break;
default:
- rc = 0;
- break;
+ continue;
}
if (rc < 0) {
rtl_dev_err(hdev, "RTL: Parse section (%u) err %d",

---
base-commit: 786262be6048deab760f68c8acc2c85607165894
change-id: 0ec19dab-btrtl-fix-patch-sec-header-rc-leak-13534c2da4fd

Thanks,
Rong