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* [PATCH] bluetooth: btnxpuart: Fix use-after-free in probe error path
@ 2026-05-14  6:03 Zhao Dongdong
  2026-05-14  8:18 ` bluez.test.bot
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Zhao Dongdong @ 2026-05-14  6:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: amitkumar.karwar, neeraj.sanjaykale, marcel
  Cc: linux-bluetooth, Zhao Dongdong

From: Zhao Dongdong <zhaodongdong@kylinos.cn>

In nxp_serdev_probe(), if hci_register_dev() succeeds but ps_setup()
fails, the error path jumps to 'probe_fail' which only calls
hci_free_dev() and asserts the reset GPIO, but does NOT call
hci_unregister_dev() first.

This leaves the HCI device registered in the system with its backing
memory freed, leading to a use-after-free when userspace subsequently
accesses the device (e.g. via hciconfig or bluetoothd).

Fix by adding a 'probe_fail_unregister' label that calls
hci_unregister_dev() before falling through to the existing
'probe_fail' label. The original 'probe_fail' label is preserved
for the case where hci_register_dev() itself fails (device was
never registered, so no unregister is needed).

Signed-off-by: Zhao Dongdong <zhaodongdong@kylinos.cn>
---
 drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
index e7036a48ce48..a4d7747e5be0 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
@@ -1907,13 +1907,15 @@ static int nxp_serdev_probe(struct serdev_device *serdev)
 	}
 
 	if (ps_setup(hdev))
-		goto probe_fail;
+		goto probe_fail_unregister;
 
 	hci_devcd_register(hdev, nxp_coredump, nxp_coredump_hdr,
 			   nxp_coredump_notify);
 
 	return 0;
 
+probe_fail_unregister:
+	hci_unregister_dev(hdev);
 probe_fail:
 	reset_control_assert(nxpdev->pdn);
 	hci_free_dev(hdev);
-- 
2.25.1


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