linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] [bluetooth?] [usb?] memory leak in __hci_cmd_sync

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Message-ID: <6923368b.a70a0220.d98e3.0069.GAE@google.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 08:30:03 -0800
From: syzbot <syzbot+f098d64cc684b8dbaf65@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
To: eadavis@...com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [bluetooth?] [usb?] memory leak in __hci_cmd_sync_sk

Hello,

syzbot has tested the proposed patch but the reproducer is still triggering an issue:
memory leak in __hci_cmd_sync_sk

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888109d1e300 (size 240):
  comm "kworker/u9:1", pid 5135, jiffies 4294951173
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace (crc 4072963):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4983 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5288 [inline]
    kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x36f/0x5e0 mm/slub.c:5340
    __alloc_skb+0x203/0x240 net/core/skbuff.c:660
    alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1383 [inline]
    bt_skb_alloc include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h:510 [inline]
    hci_cmd_sync_alloc+0x30/0x140 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:58
    hci_cmd_sync_add net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:99 [inline]
    __hci_cmd_sync_sk+0x87/0x590 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:168
    __hci_cmd_sync_ev+0x3e/0x50 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:258
    send_hci_cmd_sync+0x5e/0xf0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:2615
    hci_cmd_sync_work+0xd5/0x160 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:340
    process_one_work+0x26b/0x620 kernel/workqueue.c:3263
    process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3346 [inline]
    worker_thread+0x2c4/0x4f0 kernel/workqueue.c:3427
    kthread+0x15b/0x310 kernel/kthread.c:463
    ret_from_fork+0x210/0x240 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
    ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888124def900 (size 240):
  comm "kworker/u9:1", pid 5135, jiffies 4294951376
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace (crc bee89128):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4983 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5288 [inline]
    kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x36f/0x5e0 mm/slub.c:5340
    __alloc_skb+0x203/0x240 net/core/skbuff.c:660
    alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1383 [inline]
    bt_skb_alloc include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h:510 [inline]
    hci_cmd_sync_alloc+0x30/0x140 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:58
    hci_cmd_sync_add net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:99 [inline]
    __hci_cmd_sync_sk+0x87/0x590 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:168
    __hci_cmd_sync_ev+0x3e/0x50 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:258
    send_hci_cmd_sync+0x5e/0xf0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:2615
    hci_cmd_sync_work+0xd5/0x160 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:340
    process_one_work+0x26b/0x620 kernel/workqueue.c:3263
    process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3346 [inline]
    worker_thread+0x2c4/0x4f0 kernel/workqueue.c:3427
    kthread+0x15b/0x310 kernel/kthread.c:463
    ret_from_fork+0x210/0x240 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
    ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

connection error: failed to recv *flatrpc.ExecutorMessageRawT: EOF


Tested on:

commit:         d13f3ac6 Merge tag 'mips-fixes_6.18_1' of git://git.ke..
git tree:       upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=15d1b97c580000
kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=f30cc590c4f6da44
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f098d64cc684b8dbaf65
compiler:       gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14+deb12u1) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40
patch:          https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/patch.diff?x=1653ea12580000