[PATCH v1 1/1] Bluetooth: hci_release_dev: cancel coredump work

From: Aby Sam Ross

Date: Mon Mar 16 2026 - 14:51:32 EST


The hci device's coredump timeout work remains active when the memory
associated with the hci device is freed up in hci_release_dev(), causing
an active object to be freed.
Cancel all hci coredump related work while in hci_release_dev().

Signed-off-by: Aby Sam Ross <abysamross@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/bluetooth/coredump.h | 3 +++
net/bluetooth/coredump.c | 7 +++++++
net/bluetooth/hci_core.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/coredump.h b/include/net/bluetooth/coredump.h
index 72f51b587a04..18318a1f8e1a 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/coredump.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/coredump.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ int hci_devcd_append(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb);
int hci_devcd_append_pattern(struct hci_dev *hdev, u8 pattern, u32 len);
int hci_devcd_complete(struct hci_dev *hdev);
int hci_devcd_abort(struct hci_dev *hdev);
+void hci_devcd_cancel_work_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev);

#else

@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ static inline int hci_devcd_abort(struct hci_dev *hdev)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}

+static inline void hci_devcd_cancel_work_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev) {}
+
#endif /* CONFIG_DEV_COREDUMP */

#endif /* __COREDUMP_H */
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/coredump.c b/net/bluetooth/coredump.c
index 720cb79adf96..e3b65d627019 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/coredump.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/coredump.c
@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ static void hci_devcd_notify(struct hci_dev *hdev, int state)
hdev->dump.notify_change(hdev, state);
}

+
+void hci_devcd_cancel_work_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev)
+{
+ cancel_work_sync(&hdev->dump.dump_rx);
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hdev->dump.dump_timeout);
+}
+
/* Call with hci_dev_lock only. */
void hci_devcd_reset(struct hci_dev *hdev)
{
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index 31308c1de4ec..95416cd0d580 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -2749,6 +2749,7 @@ void hci_release_dev(struct hci_dev *hdev)

destroy_workqueue(hdev->workqueue);
destroy_workqueue(hdev->req_workqueue);
+ hci_devcd_cancel_work_sync(hdev);

hci_dev_lock(hdev);
hci_bdaddr_list_clear(&hdev->reject_list);
--
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