linux-kernel - [PATCH] Bluetooth: hci_uart: fix null-ptr-deref in hci_uart_write

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Message-Id: <20260118120859.83680-1-s11242586@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 20:08:59 +0800
From: Jia-Hong Su <s11242586@...il.com>
To: marcel@...tmann.org,
	luiz.dentz@...il.com
Cc: linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jia-Hong Su <s11242586@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Bluetooth: hci_uart: fix null-ptr-deref in hci_uart_write_work

hci_uart_set_proto() sets HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT before calling
hci_uart_register_dev(), which calls proto->open() to initialize
hu->priv. However, if a TTY write wakeup occurs during this window,
hci_uart_tx_wakeup() may schedule write_work before hu->priv is
initialized, leading to a NULL pointer dereference in
hci_uart_write_work() when proto->dequeue() accesses hu->priv.

The race condition is:

  CPU0                              CPU1
  ----                              ----
  hci_uart_set_proto()
    set_bit(HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT)
    hci_uart_register_dev()
                                    tty write wakeup
                                      hci_uart_tty_wakeup()
                                        hci_uart_tx_wakeup()
                                          schedule_work(&hu->write_work)
      proto->open(hu)
        // initializes hu->priv
                                    hci_uart_write_work()
                                      hci_uart_dequeue()
                                        proto->dequeue(hu)
                                          // accesses hu->priv (NULL!)

Fix this by moving set_bit(HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT) after proto->open()
succeeds, ensuring hu->priv is initialized before any work can be
scheduled.

Fixes: 5df5dafc171b ("Bluetooth: hci_uart: Fix another race during initialization")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bluetooth/6969764f.170a0220.2b9fc4.35a7@mx.google.com/

Signed-off-by: Jia-Hong Su <s11242586@...il.com>
---
 drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
index d0adae3267b4..2b28515de92c 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
@@ -685,6 +685,8 @@ static int hci_uart_register_dev(struct hci_uart *hu)
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	set_bit(HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT, &hu->flags);
+
 	if (test_bit(HCI_UART_INIT_PENDING, &hu->hdev_flags))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -712,8 +714,6 @@ static int hci_uart_set_proto(struct hci_uart *hu, int id)
 
 	hu->proto = p;
 
-	set_bit(HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT, &hu->flags);
-
 	err = hci_uart_register_dev(hu);
 	if (err) {
 		return err;
-- 
2.34.1