From: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
To: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>,
Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 net-next] Bluetooth: hci_conn: fix potential UAF in create_big_sync
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:34:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260410173451.4797-1-devnexen@gmail.com> (raw)
Add hci_conn_valid() check in create_big_sync() to detect stale
connections before proceeding with BIG creation. Fix
create_big_complete() to handle the resulting -ECANCELED error
and validate the connection under hci_dev_lock() before
dereferencing, following the established pattern used by
create_le_conn_complete() and create_pa_complete().
Without this, create_big_complete() would unconditionally
dereference the stale conn pointer on error, causing a
use-after-free via hci_connect_cfm() and hci_conn_del().
Fixes: eca0ae4aea66 ("Bluetooth: Add initial implementation of BIS connections")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
---
v1 -> v2: fix create_big_complete() to handle -ECANCELED and
validate conn under hci_dev_lock(), matching the pattern in
create_le_conn_complete() and create_pa_complete().
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260408155638.95927-1-devnexen@gmail.com
net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
index 11d3ad8d2551..feebe933efc8 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
@@ -2130,6 +2130,9 @@ static int create_big_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data)
u32 flags = 0;
int err;
+ if (!hci_conn_valid(hdev, conn))
+ return -ECANCELED;
+
if (qos->bcast.out.phys == BIT(1))
flags |= MGMT_ADV_FLAG_SEC_2M;
@@ -2204,11 +2207,22 @@ static void create_big_complete(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data, int err)
bt_dev_dbg(hdev, "conn %p", conn);
+ if (err == -ECANCELED)
+ return;
+
+ hci_dev_lock(hdev);
+
+ if (!hci_conn_valid(hdev, conn))
+ goto done;
+
if (err) {
bt_dev_err(hdev, "Unable to create BIG: %d", err);
hci_connect_cfm(conn, err);
hci_conn_del(conn);
}
+
+done:
+ hci_dev_unlock(hdev);
}
struct hci_conn *hci_bind_bis(struct hci_dev *hdev, bdaddr_t *dst, __u8 sid,
--
2.53.0
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