Subject: Re: KASAN: use-after-free Read in hci_chan_del

From: Greg KH <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2021 20:36:40 +0200

On Thu, Jun 03, 2021 at 11:30:08AM -0700, SyzScope wrote:
> Hi developers,
> 
> Besides the control flow hijacking primitive we sent before, we managed to
> discover an additional double free primitive in this bug, making this bug
> even more dangerous.
> 
> We created a web page with detailed descriptions: https://sites.google.com/view/syzscope/kasan-use-after-free-read-in-hci_chan_del
> 
> We understand that creating a patch can be time-consuming and there is
> probably a long list of bugs pending fixes. We hope that our security
> analysis can enable an informed decision on which bugs to fix first
> (prioritization).
> 
> Since the bug has been on syzbot for over ten months (first found on
> 08-03-2020 and still can be triggered on 05-08-2021), it is best to have the
> bug fixed early enough to avoid it being weaponized.

Wonderful, please help out by sending a fix for this.

thanks,

greg k-h