[PATCH] Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix null-ptr-deref on l2cap_sock_ready_cb
From: Helen Koike
Date: Thu Mar 19 2026 - 08:05:27 EST
Before using sk pointer, check if it is null.
Fix the following:
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000260-0x0000000000000267]
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5985 Comm: kworker/0:5 Not tainted 7.0.0-rc4-00029-ga989fde763f4 #1 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.17.0-9.fc43 06/10/2025
Workqueue: events l2cap_info_timeout
RIP: 0010:kasan_byte_accessible+0x12/0x30
Code: 79 ff ff ff 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f 40 d6 48 c1 ef 03 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df <0f> b6 04 07 3c 08 0f 92 c0 c3 cc cce
veth0_macvtap: entered promiscuous mode
RSP: 0018:ffffc90006e0f808 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffffffff89746018 RCX: 0000000080000001
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff89746018 RDI: 000000000000004c
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff8aae3e70 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000260 R14: 0000000000000260 R15: 0000000000000001
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880983c2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005582615a5008 CR3: 000000007007e000 CR4: 0000000000752ef0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__kasan_check_byte+0x12/0x40
lock_acquire+0x79/0x2e0
lock_sock_nested+0x48/0x100
? l2cap_sock_ready_cb+0x46/0x160
l2cap_sock_ready_cb+0x46/0x160
l2cap_conn_start+0x779/0xff0
? __pfx_l2cap_conn_start+0x10/0x10
? l2cap_info_timeout+0x60/0xa0
? __pfx___mutex_lock+0x10/0x10
l2cap_info_timeout+0x68/0xa0
? process_scheduled_works+0xa8d/0x18c0
process_scheduled_works+0xb6e/0x18c0
? __pfx_process_scheduled_works+0x10/0x10
? assign_work+0x3d5/0x5e0
worker_thread+0xa53/0xfc0
kthread+0x388/0x470
? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90
? __pfx_ret_from_fork+0x10/0x10
veth1_macvtap: entered promiscuous mode
? __switch_to+0xc7d/0x1450
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
</TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
batman_adv: batadv0: Interface activated: batadv_slave_0
batman_adv: batadv0: Interface activated: batadv_slave_1
netdevsim netdevsim7 netdevsim0: set [1, 0] type 2 family 0 port 6081 - 0
netdevsim netdevsim7 netdevsim1: set [1, 0] type 2 family 0 port 6081 - 0
netdevsim netdevsim7 netdevsim2: set [1, 0] type 2 family 0 port 6081 - 0
netdevsim netdevsim7 netdevsim3: set [1, 0] type 2 family 0 port 6081 - 0
RIP: 0010:kasan_byte_accessible+0x12/0x30
Code: 79 ff ff ff 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f 40 d6 48 c1 ef 03 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df <0f> b6 04 07 3c 08 0f 92 c0 c3 cc cce
ieee80211 phy39: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
RSP: 0018:ffffc90006e0f808 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffffffff89746018 RCX: 0000000080000001
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff89746018 RDI: 000000000000004c
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff8aae3e70 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000260 R14: 0000000000000260 R15: 0000000000000001
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880983c2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f7e16139e9c CR3: 000000000e74e000 CR4: 0000000000752ef0
PKRU: 55555554
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
Signed-off-by: Helen Koike <koike@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Hi all,
I noticed this check is used through out the code, and it fixes the
issue I'm hitting.
I'm not very familiar with the Bluetooth subsystem, so please let me
know if I should follow another path to correct this and I can dig
further.
Thanks
Helen
---
net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
index 597686790371..71e8c1b45bce 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
@@ -1698,6 +1698,9 @@ static void l2cap_sock_ready_cb(struct l2cap_chan *chan)
struct sock *sk = chan->data;
struct sock *parent;
+ if (!sk)
+ return;
+
lock_sock(sk);
parent = bt_sk(sk)->parent;
--
2.53.0