Re: [syzbot] [bluetooth?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in force_devcd_write

[Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com>]

> Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2025 02:39:26 -0700
> syzbot has found a reproducer for the following issue on:
> 
> HEAD commit:    4c06e63b9203 Merge tag 'for-6.16-rc4-tag' of git://git.ker..
> git tree:       upstream
> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=11594c8c580000
> kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=9887aa986c36cc50
> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bc71245e56f06e3127b7
> compiler:       gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40
> syz repro:      https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=139dac8c580000
> C reproducer:   https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=14b90f70580000

#syz test

--- x/drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c
+++ y/drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ static inline void force_devcd_timeout(s
 #endif
 }
 
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(vhci_release_lock);
 static ssize_t force_devcd_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 				 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -343,6 +344,17 @@ static ssize_t force_devcd_write(struct
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	skb_put_data(skb, &dump_data.data, data_size);
 
+	if (!mutex_trylock(&vhci_release_lock)) {
+out:
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+	data = file->private_data;
+	if (!data) {
+		mutex_unlock(&vhci_release_lock);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	hdev = data->hdev;
 	hci_devcd_register(hdev, vhci_coredump, vhci_coredump_hdr, NULL);
 
 	/* Force the devcoredump timeout */
@@ -352,6 +364,7 @@ static ssize_t force_devcd_write(struct
 	ret = hci_devcd_init(hdev, skb->len);
 	if (ret) {
 		BT_ERR("Failed to generate devcoredump");
+		mutex_unlock(&vhci_release_lock);
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -369,9 +382,11 @@ static ssize_t force_devcd_write(struct
 		/* Do nothing */
 		break;
 	default:
+		mutex_unlock(&vhci_release_lock);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	mutex_unlock(&vhci_release_lock);
 	return count;
 }
 
@@ -656,6 +671,7 @@ static int vhci_release(struct inode *in
 	struct vhci_data *data = file->private_data;
 	struct hci_dev *hdev;
 
+	mutex_lock(&vhci_release_lock);
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&data->open_timeout);
 	flush_work(&data->suspend_work);
 
@@ -669,6 +685,7 @@ static int vhci_release(struct inode *in
 	skb_queue_purge(&data->readq);
 	file->private_data = NULL;
 	kfree(data);
+	mutex_unlock(&vhci_release_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
--