CVE-2021-47038

Bluetooth: avoid deadlock between hci_dev->lock and socket lock

published February 28, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

Bluetooth: avoid deadlock between hci_dev->lock and socket lock

Commit eab2404ba798 ("Bluetooth: Add BT_PHY socket option") added a

dependency between socket lock and hci_dev->lock that could lead to

deadlock.

It turns out that hci_conn_get_phy() is not in any way relying on hdev

being immutable during the runtime of this function, neither does it even

look at any of the members of hdev, and as such there is no need to hold

that lock.

This fixes the lockdep splat below:

======================================================

WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected

5.12.0-rc1-00026-g73d464503354 #10 Not tainted

------------------------------------------------------

bluetoothd/1118 is trying to acquire lock:

ffff8f078383c078 (&hdev->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: hci_conn_get_phy+0x1c/0x150 [bluetooth]

but task is already holding lock:

ffff8f07e831d920 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_L2CAP){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: l2cap_sock_getsockopt+0x8b/0x610

which lock already depends on the new lock.

the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #3 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_L2CAP){+.+.}-{0:0}:

lock_sock_nested+0x72/0xa0

l2cap_sock_ready_cb+0x18/0x70 [bluetooth]

l2cap_config_rsp+0x27a/0x520 [bluetooth]

l2cap_sig_channel+0x658/0x1330 [bluetooth]

l2cap_recv_frame+0x1ba/0x310 [bluetooth]

hci_rx_work+0x1cc/0x640 [bluetooth]

process_one_work+0x244/0x5f0

worker_thread+0x3c/0x380

kthread+0x13e/0x160

ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

-> #2 (&chan->lock#2/1){+.+.}-{3:3}:

__mutex_lock+0xa3/0xa10

l2cap_chan_connect+0x33a/0x940 [bluetooth]

l2cap_sock_connect+0x141/0x2a0 [bluetooth]

__sys_connect+0x9b/0xc0

__x64_sys_connect+0x16/0x20

do_syscall_64+0x33/0x80

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

-> #1 (&conn->chan_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:

__mutex_lock+0xa3/0xa10

l2cap_chan_connect+0x322/0x940 [bluetooth]

l2cap_sock_connect+0x141/0x2a0 [bluetooth]

__sys_connect+0x9b/0xc0

__x64_sys_connect+0x16/0x20

do_syscall_64+0x33/0x80

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

-> #0 (&hdev->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:

__lock_acquire+0x147a/0x1a50

lock_acquire+0x277/0x3d0

__mutex_lock+0xa3/0xa10

hci_conn_get_phy+0x1c/0x150 [bluetooth]

l2cap_sock_getsockopt+0x5a9/0x610 [bluetooth]

__sys_getsockopt+0xcc/0x200

__x64_sys_getsockopt+0x20/0x30

do_syscall_64+0x33/0x80

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:

&hdev->lock --> &chan->lock#2/1 --> sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_L2CAP

Possible unsafe locking scenario:

CPU0 CPU1

---- ----

lock(sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_L2CAP);

lock(&chan->lock#2/1);

lock(sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_L2CAP);

lock(&hdev->lock);

*** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by bluetoothd/1118:

#0: ffff8f07e831d920 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_L2CAP){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: l2cap_sock_getsockopt+0x8b/0x610 [bluetooth]

stack backtrace:

CPU: 3 PID: 1118 Comm: bluetoothd Not tainted 5.12.0-rc1-00026-g73d464503354 #10

Hardware name: LENOVO 20K5S22R00/20K5S22R00, BIOS R0IET38W (1.16 ) 05/31/2017

Call Trace:

dump_stack+0x7f/0xa1

check_noncircular+0x105/0x120

? __lock_acquire+0x147a/0x1a50

__lock_acquire+0x147a/0x1a50

lock_acquire+0x277/0x3d0

? hci_conn_get_phy+0x1c/0x150 [bluetooth]

? __lock_acquire+0x2e1/0x1a50

? lock_is_held_type+0xb4/0x120

? hci_conn_get_phy+0x1c/0x150 [bluetooth]

__mutex_lock+0xa3/0xa10

? hci_conn_get_phy+0x1c/0x150 [bluetooth]

? lock_acquire+0x277/0x3d0

? mark_held_locks+0x49/0x70

? mark_held_locks+0x49/0x70

? hci_conn_get_phy+0x1c/0x150 [bluetooth]

hci_conn_get_phy+0x

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The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00179 · 7.1th percentile
Published
2024-02-28T08:13Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 FEB 08:13Z
    Bluetooth: avoid deadlock between hci_dev->lock and socket lock
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