GHSA-3RC2-M5WR-6X83
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-04 18:31 – Updated: 2026-09-04 18:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: RFCOMM: take rfcomm_mutex for the deferred setup accept
rfcomm_sock_recvmsg() completes a deferred setup by calling rfcomm_dlc_accept() without holding any RFCOMM lock:
if (test_and_clear_bit(RFCOMM_DEFER_SETUP, &d->flags)) {
rfcomm_dlc_accept(d);
return 0;
}
and rfcomm_dlc_accept() dereferences the session on its first line:
struct sock *sk = d->session->sock->sk;
Every other path that touches d->session runs under rfcomm_mutex: rfcomm_dlc_open(), rfcomm_dlc_close(), rfcomm_dlc_exists(), rfcomm_dlc_send_rpn(), and the RFCOMM thread through rfcomm_process_sessions(). rfcomm_connect_ind() is even documented as "called under rfcomm_lock()". This call site is the only one that skips it.
The RFCOMM_DEFER_SETUP bit looks like it serialises the accept against teardown, since __rfcomm_dlc_close() returns early when it wins the test_and_clear. But rfcomm_recv_disc() forces the state first:
d->state = BT_CLOSED;
__rfcomm_dlc_close(d, err);
and the early return only covers BT_CONNECT, BT_CONFIG, BT_OPEN and BT_CONNECT2. With the state already BT_CLOSED that switch does not match, the bit is never consulted, and __rfcomm_dlc_close() falls through to rfcomm_dlc_unlink(), which sets d->session = NULL.
So a remote DISC on a deferred dlc clears the session while leaving RFCOMM_DEFER_SETUP set. The next recvmsg() then passes the test_and_clear and dereferences a NULL session. No timing window is needed: once the DISC has been processed, the dereference is unconditional.
Give rfcomm_dlc_accept() the same shape as rfcomm_dlc_open() and rfcomm_dlc_close(): an exported wrapper that takes rfcomm_mutex and re-checks the session, around a __rfcomm_dlc_accept() that the two in-core callers, which already hold the mutex, keep using.
Reproduced on a KASAN + PROVE_LOCKING kernel with a BR/EDR peer emulated over /dev/vhci: the peer brings up an ACL link, opens L2CAP on the RFCOMM PSM, starts a session, opens a dlc on a channel bound with BT_DEFER_SETUP, and sends DISC after the socket is accepted. recv() on the accepted socket then hits:
Oops: general protection fault KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000010-0x0000000000000017] RIP: 0010:rfcomm_dlc_accept+0x54/0x350 Call Trace: rfcomm_sock_recvmsg+0x1cd/0x230 sock_recvmsg+0x166/0x1c0 __sys_recvfrom+0x20d/0x300
0x10 is the offset of sock in struct rfcomm_session. With this patch the same run completes with recv() returning 0 and no report, and lockdep stays quiet, confirming rfcomm_mutex is still taken before lock_sock on this path as it is on the thread side.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-80819"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-04T16:18:09Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: RFCOMM: take rfcomm_mutex for the deferred setup accept\n\nrfcomm_sock_recvmsg() completes a deferred setup by calling\nrfcomm_dlc_accept() without holding any RFCOMM lock:\n\n\tif (test_and_clear_bit(RFCOMM_DEFER_SETUP, \u0026d-\u003eflags)) {\n\t\trfcomm_dlc_accept(d);\n\t\treturn 0;\n\t}\n\nand rfcomm_dlc_accept() dereferences the session on its first line:\n\n\tstruct sock *sk = d-\u003esession-\u003esock-\u003esk;\n\nEvery other path that touches d-\u003esession runs under rfcomm_mutex:\nrfcomm_dlc_open(), rfcomm_dlc_close(), rfcomm_dlc_exists(),\nrfcomm_dlc_send_rpn(), and the RFCOMM thread through\nrfcomm_process_sessions(). rfcomm_connect_ind() is even documented as\n\"called under rfcomm_lock()\". This call site is the only one that skips\nit.\n\nThe RFCOMM_DEFER_SETUP bit looks like it serialises the accept against\nteardown, since __rfcomm_dlc_close() returns early when it wins the\ntest_and_clear. But rfcomm_recv_disc() forces the state first:\n\n\td-\u003estate = BT_CLOSED;\n\t__rfcomm_dlc_close(d, err);\n\nand the early return only covers BT_CONNECT, BT_CONFIG, BT_OPEN and\nBT_CONNECT2. With the state already BT_CLOSED that switch does not\nmatch, the bit is never consulted, and __rfcomm_dlc_close() falls\nthrough to rfcomm_dlc_unlink(), which sets d-\u003esession = NULL.\n\nSo a remote DISC on a deferred dlc clears the session while leaving\nRFCOMM_DEFER_SETUP set. The next recvmsg() then passes the\ntest_and_clear and dereferences a NULL session. No timing window is\nneeded: once the DISC has been processed, the dereference is\nunconditional.\n\nGive rfcomm_dlc_accept() the same shape as rfcomm_dlc_open() and\nrfcomm_dlc_close(): an exported wrapper that takes rfcomm_mutex and\nre-checks the session, around a __rfcomm_dlc_accept() that the two\nin-core callers, which already hold the mutex, keep using.\n\nReproduced on a KASAN + PROVE_LOCKING kernel with a BR/EDR peer emulated\nover /dev/vhci: the peer brings up an ACL link, opens L2CAP on the\nRFCOMM PSM, starts a session, opens a dlc on a channel bound with\nBT_DEFER_SETUP, and sends DISC after the socket is accepted. recv() on\nthe accepted socket then hits:\n\n Oops: general protection fault\n KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000010-0x0000000000000017]\n RIP: 0010:rfcomm_dlc_accept+0x54/0x350\n Call Trace:\n rfcomm_sock_recvmsg+0x1cd/0x230\n sock_recvmsg+0x166/0x1c0\n __sys_recvfrom+0x20d/0x300\n\n0x10 is the offset of sock in struct rfcomm_session. With this patch the\nsame run completes with recv() returning 0 and no report, and lockdep\nstays quiet, confirming rfcomm_mutex is still taken before lock_sock on\nthis path as it is on the thread side.",
"id": "GHSA-3rc2-m5wr-6x83",
"modified": "2026-09-04T18:31:27Z",
"published": "2026-09-04T18:31:27Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80819"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/355bfd57ca4ca881c6eb03ca813b440a094b1f44"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/825b95561d7b7c393df9e7bc295451aaeadc3d18"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b405c2f96ae2e37375105881890f7738833b1d62"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4b1a13b1eff2e80925c7368ffdeaaa50cba93df"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8d686dd5662a7c4745e4515f1237a9f3b7df181"
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