[PATCH 10/11] Bluetooth: ISO: fix refcounting of iso_conn

Pauli Virtanen <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:20:33 +0300
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-bluetooth,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <f6f26dd792edde315f27480f61f36cf9cc0bca0d.1784923689.git.pav@iki.fi>
iso_conn_del() and iso_chan_del() have a race that results to double-put
of iso_conn:

    [Task hdev->workqueue]         [Task 2]
    iso_conn_del                   iso_chan_del
      iso_conn_hold_unless_zero      iso_conn_lock
      iso_conn_lock                  conn->sk = NULL
                                     iso_conn_unlock
      sk = iso_sock_hold(conn)  <---------ยด
      if (!sk) iso_conn_put          iso_conn_put
      iso_conn_put /* UAF */

The extra put for !sk in iso_conn_del() is currently required since
failing iso_chan_add() may leave iso_conn not associated with any sk.

Fix by having iso_pi(sk)->conn own refcount when non-NULL, so
iso_conn_del does not need to put it.  Adjust the iso_conn_add()
refcounting so that conn is put if it does not get associated with an
sk.

Fixes: dc26097bdb86 ("Bluetooth: ISO: Use kref to track lifetime of iso_conn")
Signed-off-by: Pauli Virtanen <[email protected]>
---
 net/bluetooth/iso.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/iso.c b/net/bluetooth/iso.c
index bfd39baa8503..30de99ba4b30 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/iso.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/iso.c
@@ -108,9 +108,6 @@ static void iso_conn_free(struct kref *ref)
 
 	BT_DBG("conn %p", conn);
 
-	if (conn->sk)
-		iso_pi(conn->sk)->conn = NULL;
-
 	if (conn->hcon) {
 		conn->hcon->iso_data = NULL;
 		if (!test_and_set_bit(ISO_CONN_DROPPED, conn->flags))
@@ -145,6 +142,14 @@ static struct iso_conn *iso_conn_hold_unless_zero(struct iso_conn *conn)
 	return conn;
 }
 
+static struct iso_conn *iso_conn_hold(struct iso_conn *conn)
+{
+	BT_DBG("conn %p refcnt %u", conn, kref_read(&conn->ref));
+
+	kref_get(&conn->ref);
+	return conn;
+}
+
 static struct sock *iso_sock_hold(struct iso_conn *conn)
 {
 	if (!conn || !bt_sock_linked(&iso_sk_list, conn->sk))
@@ -210,7 +215,6 @@ static struct iso_conn *iso_conn_add(struct hci_conn *hcon)
 			conn->hcon = hcon;
 			iso_conn_unlock(conn);
 		}
-		iso_conn_put(conn);
 		return conn;
 	}
 
@@ -279,10 +283,8 @@ static void iso_conn_del(struct hci_conn *hcon, int err)
 	sk = iso_sock_hold(conn);
 	iso_conn_unlock(conn);
 
-	if (!sk) {
-		iso_conn_put(conn);
+	if (!sk)
 		goto done;
-	}
 
 	iso_sock_disable_timer(sk);
 
@@ -320,7 +322,7 @@ static int __iso_chan_add(struct iso_conn *conn, struct sock *sk,
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	iso_pi(sk)->conn = conn;
+	iso_pi(sk)->conn = iso_conn_hold(conn);
 	conn->sk = sk;
 	clear_bit(ISO_CONN_DROPPED, conn->flags);
 
@@ -427,6 +429,7 @@ static int iso_connect_bis(struct sock *sk)
 	}
 
 	err = iso_chan_add(conn, sk, NULL);
+	iso_conn_put(conn);
 	if (err)
 		goto unlock;
 
@@ -529,6 +532,7 @@ static int iso_connect_cis(struct sock *sk)
 	}
 
 	err = iso_chan_add(conn, sk, NULL);
+	iso_conn_put(conn);
 	if (err)
 		goto unlock;
 
@@ -1310,10 +1314,9 @@ static int iso_listen_bis(struct sock *sk)
 	}
 
 	err = iso_chan_add(conn, sk, NULL);
-	if (err) {
-		hci_conn_drop(hcon);
+	iso_conn_put(conn);
+	if (err)
 		goto unlock;
-	}
 
 unlock:
 	release_sock(sk);
@@ -2551,8 +2554,10 @@ static void iso_connect_cfm(struct hci_conn *hcon, __u8 status)
 		struct iso_conn *conn;
 
 		conn = iso_conn_add(hcon);
-		if (conn)
+		if (conn) {
 			iso_conn_ready(conn);
+			iso_conn_put(conn);
+		}
 	} else {
 		iso_conn_del(hcon, bt_to_errno(status));
 	}
-- 
2.55.0