CVE-2023-54164
Publication date:
30/12/2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
Bluetooth: ISO: fix iso_conn related locking and validity issues<br />
<br />
sk->sk_state indicates whether iso_pi(sk)->conn is valid. Operations<br />
that check/update sk_state and access conn should hold lock_sock,<br />
otherwise they can race.<br />
<br />
The order of taking locks is hci_dev_lock > lock_sock > iso_conn_lock,<br />
which is how it is in connect/disconnect_cfm -> iso_conn_del -><br />
iso_chan_del.<br />
<br />
Fix locking in iso_connect_cis/bis and sendmsg/recvmsg to take lock_sock<br />
around updating sk_state and conn.<br />
<br />
iso_conn_del must not occur during iso_connect_cis/bis, as it frees the<br />
iso_conn. Hold hdev->lock longer to prevent that.<br />
<br />
This should not reintroduce the issue fixed in commit 241f51931c35<br />
("Bluetooth: ISO: Avoid circular locking dependency"), since the we<br />
acquire locks in order. We retain the fix in iso_sock_connect to release<br />
lock_sock before iso_connect_* acquires hdev->lock.<br />
<br />
Similarly for commit 6a5ad251b7cd ("Bluetooth: ISO: Fix possible<br />
circular locking dependency"). We retain the fix in iso_conn_ready to<br />
not acquire iso_conn_lock before lock_sock.<br />
<br />
iso_conn_add shall return iso_conn with valid hcon. Make it so also when<br />
reusing an old CIS connection waiting for disconnect timeout (see<br />
__iso_sock_close where conn->hcon is set to NULL).<br />
<br />
Trace with iso_conn_del after iso_chan_add in iso_connect_cis:<br />
===============================================================<br />
iso_sock_create:771: sock 00000000be9b69b7<br />
iso_sock_init:693: sk 000000004dff667e<br />
iso_sock_bind:827: sk 000000004dff667e 70:1a:b8:98:ff:a2 type 1<br />
iso_sock_setsockopt:1289: sk 000000004dff667e<br />
iso_sock_setsockopt:1289: sk 000000004dff667e<br />
iso_sock_setsockopt:1289: sk 000000004dff667e<br />
iso_sock_connect:875: sk 000000004dff667e<br />
iso_connect_cis:353: 70:1a:b8:98:ff:a2 -> 28:3d:c2:4a:7e:da<br />
hci_get_route:1199: 70:1a:b8:98:ff:a2 -> 28:3d:c2:4a:7e:da<br />
hci_conn_add:1005: hci0 dst 28:3d:c2:4a:7e:da<br />
iso_conn_add:140: hcon 000000007b65d182 conn 00000000daf8625e<br />
__iso_chan_add:214: conn 00000000daf8625e<br />
iso_connect_cfm:1700: hcon 000000007b65d182 bdaddr 28:3d:c2:4a:7e:da status 12<br />
iso_conn_del:187: hcon 000000007b65d182 conn 00000000daf8625e, err 16<br />
iso_sock_clear_timer:117: sock 000000004dff667e state 3<br />
<br />
iso_chan_del:153: sk 000000004dff667e, conn 00000000daf8625e, err 16<br />
hci_conn_del:1151: hci0 hcon 000000007b65d182 handle 65535<br />
hci_conn_unlink:1102: hci0: hcon 000000007b65d182<br />
hci_chan_list_flush:2780: hcon 000000007b65d182<br />
iso_sock_getsockopt:1376: sk 000000004dff667e<br />
iso_sock_getname:1070: sock 00000000be9b69b7, sk 000000004dff667e<br />
iso_sock_getname:1070: sock 00000000be9b69b7, sk 000000004dff667e<br />
iso_sock_getsockopt:1376: sk 000000004dff667e<br />
iso_sock_getname:1070: sock 00000000be9b69b7, sk 000000004dff667e<br />
iso_sock_getname:1070: sock 00000000be9b69b7, sk 000000004dff667e<br />
iso_sock_shutdown:1434: sock 00000000be9b69b7, sk 000000004dff667e, how 1<br />
__iso_sock_close:632: sk 000000004dff667e state 5 socket 00000000be9b69b7<br />
<br />
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000<br />
PGD 8000000006467067 P4D 8000000006467067 PUD 3f5f067 PMD 0<br />
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI<br />
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014<br />
RIP: 0010:__iso_sock_close (net/bluetooth/iso.c:664) bluetooth<br />
===============================================================<br />
<br />
Trace with iso_conn_del before iso_chan_add in iso_connect_cis:<br />
===============================================================<br />
iso_connect_cis:356: 70:1a:b8:98:ff:a2 -> 28:3d:c2:4a:7e:da<br />
...<br />
iso_conn_add:140: hcon 0000000093bc551f conn 00000000768ae504<br />
hci_dev_put:1487: hci0 orig refcnt 21<br />
hci_event_packet:7607: hci0: e<br />
---truncated---
Severity CVSS v4.0: Pending analysis
Last modification:
31/12/2025