Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: hci_event: validate HCI event packet Parameter Total Length

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 06:34:16PM -0400, Raphael Pinsonneault-Thibeault wrote:
> There is a BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in hci_cmd_complete_evt() due to a
> malformed HCI event packet received from userspace.
> 
> The existing code in hci_event_packet() checks that the buffer is large
> enough to contain the event header, and checks that the hdr's Event Code
> is valid, but does not check the hdr's Parameter Total Length. So,
> syzbot’s event packet passes through and uses the un-init values in
> hci_event_func() => hci_cmd_complete_evt().
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+a9a4bedfca6aa9d7fa24@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=a9a4bedfca6aa9d7fa24
> Tested-by: syzbot+a9a4bedfca6aa9d7fa24@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Fixes: a9de9248064bf ("[Bluetooth] Switch from OGF+OCF to using only opcodes")
> Signed-off-by: Raphael Pinsonneault-Thibeault <rpthibeault@gmail.com>
> ---
>  net/bluetooth/hci_event.c | 9 ++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
> index d790b0d4eb9a..5e1498cc04cd 100644
> --- a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
> +++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
> @@ -7565,7 +7565,7 @@ void hci_event_packet(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
>  	hci_req_complete_t req_complete = NULL;
>  	hci_req_complete_skb_t req_complete_skb = NULL;
>  	struct sk_buff *orig_skb = NULL;
> -	u8 status = 0, event, req_evt = 0;
> +	u8 status = 0, event, req_evt = 0, len;
>  	u16 opcode = HCI_OP_NOP;
>  
>  	if (skb->len < sizeof(*hdr)) {
> @@ -7585,6 +7585,13 @@ void hci_event_packet(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
>  		goto done;
>  	}
>  
> +	len = hdr->plen;
> +	if (len != skb->len - HCI_EVENT_HDR_SIZE) {
> +		bt_dev_warn(hdev, "Unexpected HCI Parameter Length 0x%2.2x",
> +			    len);
> +		goto done;
> +	}
> +
>  	/* Only match event if command OGF is not for LE */
>  	if (hdev->req_skb &&
>  	    hci_opcode_ogf(hci_skb_opcode(hdev->req_skb)) != 0x08 &&
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 
> 

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