Message-ID: <2025123018-CVE-2023-54164-9a2a@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:09:32 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: linux-cve-announce@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...nel.org>
Subject: CVE-2023-54164: Bluetooth: ISO: fix iso_conn related locking and validity issues

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...nel.org>

Description
===========

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: ISO: fix iso_conn related locking and validity issues

sk->sk_state indicates whether iso_pi(sk)->conn is valid. Operations
that check/update sk_state and access conn should hold lock_sock,
otherwise they can race.

The order of taking locks is hci_dev_lock > lock_sock > iso_conn_lock,
which is how it is in connect/disconnect_cfm -> iso_conn_del ->
iso_chan_del.

Fix locking in iso_connect_cis/bis and sendmsg/recvmsg to take lock_sock
around updating sk_state and conn.

iso_conn_del must not occur during iso_connect_cis/bis, as it frees the
iso_conn. Hold hdev->lock longer to prevent that.

This should not reintroduce the issue fixed in commit 241f51931c35
("Bluetooth: ISO: Avoid circular locking dependency"), since the we
acquire locks in order. We retain the fix in iso_sock_connect to release
lock_sock before iso_connect_* acquires hdev->lock.

Similarly for commit 6a5ad251b7cd ("Bluetooth: ISO: Fix possible
circular locking dependency"). We retain the fix in iso_conn_ready to
not acquire iso_conn_lock before lock_sock.

iso_conn_add shall return iso_conn with valid hcon. Make it so also when
reusing an old CIS connection waiting for disconnect timeout (see
__iso_sock_close where conn->hcon is set to NULL).

Trace with iso_conn_del after iso_chan_add in iso_connect_cis:
===============================================================
iso_sock_create:771: sock 00000000be9b69b7
iso_sock_init:693: sk 000000004dff667e
iso_sock_bind:827: sk 000000004dff667e 70:1a:b8:98:ff:a2 type 1
iso_sock_setsockopt:1289: sk 000000004dff667e
iso_sock_setsockopt:1289: sk 000000004dff667e
iso_sock_setsockopt:1289: sk 000000004dff667e
iso_sock_connect:875: sk 000000004dff667e
iso_connect_cis:353: 70:1a:b8:98:ff:a2 -> 28:3d:c2:4a:7e:da
hci_get_route:1199: 70:1a:b8:98:ff:a2 -> 28:3d:c2:4a:7e:da
hci_conn_add:1005: hci0 dst 28:3d:c2:4a:7e:da
iso_conn_add:140: hcon 000000007b65d182 conn 00000000daf8625e
__iso_chan_add:214: conn 00000000daf8625e
iso_connect_cfm:1700: hcon 000000007b65d182 bdaddr 28:3d:c2:4a:7e:da status 12
iso_conn_del:187: hcon 000000007b65d182 conn 00000000daf8625e, err 16
iso_sock_clear_timer:117: sock 000000004dff667e state 3
    <Note: sk_state is BT_BOUND (3), so iso_connect_cis is still
    running at this point>
iso_chan_del:153: sk 000000004dff667e, conn 00000000daf8625e, err 16
hci_conn_del:1151: hci0 hcon 000000007b65d182 handle 65535
hci_conn_unlink:1102: hci0: hcon 000000007b65d182
hci_chan_list_flush:2780: hcon 000000007b65d182
iso_sock_getsockopt:1376: sk 000000004dff667e
iso_sock_getname:1070: sock 00000000be9b69b7, sk 000000004dff667e
iso_sock_getname:1070: sock 00000000be9b69b7, sk 000000004dff667e
iso_sock_getsockopt:1376: sk 000000004dff667e
iso_sock_getname:1070: sock 00000000be9b69b7, sk 000000004dff667e
iso_sock_getname:1070: sock 00000000be9b69b7, sk 000000004dff667e
iso_sock_shutdown:1434: sock 00000000be9b69b7, sk 000000004dff667e, how 1
__iso_sock_close:632: sk 000000004dff667e state 5 socket 00000000be9b69b7
     <Note: sk_state is BT_CONNECT (5), even though iso_chan_del sets
     BT_CLOSED (6). Only iso_connect_cis sets it to BT_CONNECT, so it
     must be that iso_chan_del occurred between iso_chan_add and end of
     iso_connect_cis.>
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
PGD 8000000006467067 P4D 8000000006467067 PUD 3f5f067 PMD 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:__iso_sock_close (net/bluetooth/iso.c:664) bluetooth
===============================================================

Trace with iso_conn_del before iso_chan_add in iso_connect_cis:
===============================================================
iso_connect_cis:356: 70:1a:b8:98:ff:a2 -> 28:3d:c2:4a:7e:da
...
iso_conn_add:140: hcon 0000000093bc551f conn 00000000768ae504
hci_dev_put:1487: hci0 orig refcnt 21
hci_event_packet:7607: hci0: event 0x0e
hci_cmd_complete_evt:4231: hci0: opcode 0x2062
hci_cc_le_set_cig_params:3846: hci0: status 0x07
hci_sent_cmd_data:3107: hci0 opcode 0x2062
iso_connect_cfm:1703: hcon 0000000093bc551f bdaddr 28:3d:c2:4a:7e:da status 7
iso_conn_del:187: hcon 0000000093bc551f conn 00000000768ae504, err 12
hci_conn_del:1151: hci0 hcon 0000000093bc551f handle 65535
hci_conn_unlink:1102: hci0: hcon 0000000093bc551f
hci_chan_list_flush:2780: hcon 0000000093bc551f
__iso_chan_add:214: conn 00000000768ae504
    <Note: this conn was already freed in iso_conn_del above>
iso_sock_clear_timer:117: sock 0000000098323f95 state 3
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x30b29c630930aec8: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
CPU: 1 PID: 1920 Comm: bluetoothd Tainted: G            E      6.3.0-rc7+ #4
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:detach_if_pending+0x28/0xd0
Code: 90 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8b 47 08 48 85 c0 0f 84 ad 00 00 00 55 89 d5 53 48 83 3f 00 48 89 fb 74 7d 66 90 48 8b 03 48 8b 53 08 <>
RSP: 0018:ffffb90841a67d08 EFLAGS: 00010007
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9141bd5061b8 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 30b29c630930aec8 RSI: ffff9141fdd21e80 RDI: ffff9141bd5061b8
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffb90841a67b88
R10: 0000000000000003 R11: ffffffff8613f558 R12: ffff9141fdd21e80
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff9141b5976010 R15: ffff914185755338
FS:  00007f45768bd840(0000) GS:ffff9141fdd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000619000424074 CR3: 0000000009f5e005 CR4: 0000000000170ee0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 timer_delete+0x48/0x80
 try_to_grab_pending+0xdf/0x170
 __cancel_work+0x37/0xb0
 iso_connect_cis+0x141/0x400 [bluetooth]
===============================================================

Trace with NULL conn->hcon in state BT_CONNECT:
===============================================================
__iso_sock_close:619: sk 00000000f7c71fc5 state 1 socket 00000000d90c5fe5
...
__iso_sock_close:619: sk 00000000f7c71fc5 state 8 socket 00000000d90c5fe5
iso_chan_del:153: sk 00000000f7c71fc5, conn 0000000022c03a7e, err 104
...
iso_sock_connect:862: sk 00000000129b56c3
iso_connect_cis:348: 70:1a:b8:98:ff:a2 -> 28:3d:c2:4a:7d:2a
hci_get_route:1199: 70:1a:b8:98:ff:a2 -> 28:3d:c2:4a:7d:2a
hci_dev_hold:1495: hci0 orig refcnt 19
__iso_chan_add:214: conn 0000000022c03a7e
    <Note: reusing old conn>
iso_sock_clear_timer:117: sock 00000000129b56c3 state 3
...
iso_sock_ready:1485: sk 00000000129b56c3
...
iso_sock_sendmsg:1077: sock 00000000e5013966, sk 00000000129b56c3
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000006a8
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
CPU: 1 PID: 1403 Comm: wireplumber Tainted: G            E      6.3.0-rc7+ #4
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:iso_sock_sendmsg+0x63/0x2a0 [bluetooth]
===============================================================

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2023-54164 to this issue.


Affected and fixed versions
===========================

	Issue introduced in 6.1.9 with commit c524f9561c657b8af26dd4f67092b8928261aa62 and fixed in 6.1.42 with commit e969bfed84c1f88dc722a678ee08488e86f0ec1a
	Issue introduced in 6.2 with commit 241f51931c35085449502c10f64fb3ecd6e02171 and fixed in 6.4.7 with commit 88ad50f2b843a510bd7c922c0a4e2484aff9d645
	Issue introduced in 6.2 with commit 241f51931c35085449502c10f64fb3ecd6e02171 and fixed in 6.5 with commit d40ae85ee62e3666f45bc61864b22121346f88ef
	Issue introduced in 6.1.9 with commit 2539cbc625c560d5432e2f0fc04bfe4a889cf737

Please see https://www.kernel.org for a full list of currently supported
kernel versions by the kernel community.

Unaffected versions might change over time as fixes are backported to
older supported kernel versions.  The official CVE entry at
	https://cve.org/CVERecord/?id=CVE-2023-54164
will be updated if fixes are backported, please check that for the most
up to date information about this issue.


Affected files
==============

The file(s) affected by this issue are:
	net/bluetooth/iso.c


Mitigation
==========

The Linux kernel CVE team recommends that you update to the latest
stable kernel version for this, and many other bugfixes.  Individual
changes are never tested alone, but rather are part of a larger kernel
release.  Cherry-picking individual commits is not recommended or
supported by the Linux kernel community at all.  If however, updating to
the latest release is impossible, the individual changes to resolve this
issue can be found at these commits:
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e969bfed84c1f88dc722a678ee08488e86f0ec1a
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88ad50f2b843a510bd7c922c0a4e2484aff9d645
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d40ae85ee62e3666f45bc61864b22121346f88ef

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