[rulkc] [PATCH v2] Bluetooth: mgmt: fix 'hdev->discovery.uuids' NULL dereference
patchwork-bot+bluetooth at kernel.org
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Tue Aug 11 23:10:21 MSK 2026
Hello:
This patch was applied to bluetooth/bluetooth-next.git (master)
by Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.von.dentz at intel.com>:
On Sat, 8 Aug 2026 19:31:11 +0300 you wrote:
> 'uuid_count' member of struct 'discovery_state' is assigned and read
> without any locks, so there is a chance of situation when
> uuid_count != 0, but uuids is NULL and there will be NULL pointer
> dereference.
>
> Possible race:
> 'hci_update_passive_scan_sync'
> 'hci_discovery_filter_clear'
> hdev->discovery.uuid_count = 0;
> <----------------------preempted----------------------------->
> 'start_service_discovery'
> // Set uuid_count to value != 0
> hdev->discovery.uuid_count = uuid_count;
> hdev->discovery.uuids = kmemdup(...);
> <----------------------preempted----------------------------->
> spin_lock(&hdev->discovery.lock);
> kfree(hdev->discovery.uuids);
> hdev->discovery.uuids = NULL;
> spin_unlock(&hdev->discovery.lock);
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [v2] Bluetooth: mgmt: fix 'hdev->discovery.uuids' NULL dereference
https://git.kernel.org/bluetooth/bluetooth-next/c/99672791e9c9
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