From: Salah Triki <salah.triki@gmail.com>
To: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>,
Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>,
Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@gmail.com>,
linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: salah.triki@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH V2] Bluetooth: bcm203x: Fix use-after-free and memory leak in device lifecycle
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 02:07:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aIrBu8VK8FgYm7bV@pc> (raw)
The driver stores a reference to the `usb_device` structure (`udev`)
in its private data (`data->udev`), which can persist beyond the
immediate context of the `bcm203x_probe()` function.
Without proper reference count management, this can lead to two issues:
1. A `use-after-free` scenario if `udev` is accessed after its main
reference count drops to zero (e.g., if the device is disconnected
and the `data` structure is still active).
2. A `memory leak` if `udev`'s reference count is not properly
decremented during driver disconnect, preventing the `usb_device`
object from being freed.
To correctly manage the `udev` lifetime, explicitly increment its
reference count with `usb_get_dev(udev)` when storing it in the
driver's private data. Correspondingly, decrement the reference count
with `usb_put_dev(data->udev)` in the `bcm203x_disconnect()` callback.
This ensures `udev` remains valid while referenced by the driver's
private data and is properly released when no longer needed.
Signed-off-by: Salah Triki <salah.triki@gmail.com>
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
---
Changes in V2:
- Add tag Fixes
drivers/bluetooth/bcm203x.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/bcm203x.c b/drivers/bluetooth/bcm203x.c
index c738ad0408cb..c91eaba33905 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/bcm203x.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/bcm203x.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static int bcm203x_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id
if (!data)
return -ENOMEM;
- data->udev = udev;
+ data->udev = usb_get_dev(udev);
data->state = BCM203X_LOAD_MINIDRV;
data->urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ static void bcm203x_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
+ usb_put_dev(data->udev);
+
usb_free_urb(data->urb);
kfree(data->fw_data);
kfree(data->buffer);
--
2.43.0
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