Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] btusb: fix NULL pointer dereference in QCA devcoredump handling

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Hi En-Wei,

On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM En-Wei Wu <en-wei.wu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This patch series fixes a NULL pointer dereference in skb_dequeue()
> during QCA devcoredump handling, and adds some safety checks to make the
> parsing more robust.

While at it, please move this logic to qca specific file, there is no
reason for this logic to remain inside btusb.c

> The first patch fixes the logic bug where dump packets were mistakenly
> passed to hci_recv_frame() and freed prematurely. This was caused by
> handle_dump_pkt_qca() returning 0 even when the dump was successfully
> handled. It also refactors dump packet detection into separate helpers
> for ACL and event packets.
>
> The second patch adds bounds checks and replaces direct pointer access
> with skb_pull() and skb_pull_data() to avoid accessing invalid memory
> on malformed packets.
>
> Tested on WCN7851 (0489:e0f3) with devcoredump enabled. Crash no
> longer occurs and dumps are processed correctly.
>
> Changes in v4:
> - Fix unused variable error in the first patch
> - Refine commit messages
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Use skb_pull_data() for safe packet header access
> - Split dump packet detection into separate ACL and event helpers
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Fixed typo in the title
> - Re-flowed commit message line to fit 72 characters
> - Added blank line before btusb_recv_acl_qca()
>
> En-Wei Wu (2):
>   Bluetooth: btusb: avoid NULL pointer dereference in skb_dequeue()
>   Bluetooth: btusb: use skb_pull to avoid unsafe access in QCA dump
>     handling
>
>  drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c | 120 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 74 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>


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