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Bluetooth: iso: Fix circular lock in iso_listen_bis

Published Jan 11, 2025 · Updated May 23, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

Bluetooth: iso: Fix circular lock in iso_listen_bis

This fixes the circular locking dependency warning below, by
releasing the socket lock before enterning iso_listen_bis, to
avoid any potential deadlock with hdev lock.

[ 75.307983] ======================================================
[ 75.307984] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
[ 75.307985] 6.12.0-rc6+ #22 Not tainted
[ 75.307987] ------------------------------------------------------
[ 75.307987] kworker/u81:2/2623 is trying to acquire lock:
[ 75.307988] ffff8fde1769da58 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_ISO)
at: iso_connect_cfm+0x253/0x840 [bluetooth]
[ 75.308021]
but task is already holding lock:
[ 75.308022] ffff8fdd61a10078 (&hdev->lock)
at: hci_le_per_adv_report_evt+0x47/0x2f0 [bluetooth]
[ 75.308053]
which lock already depends on the new lock.

[ 75.308054]
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[ 75.308055]
-> #1 (&hdev->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
[ 75.308057] __mutex_lock+0xad/0xc50
[ 75.308061] mutex_lock_nested+0x1b/0x30
[ 75.308063] iso_sock_listen+0x143/0x5c0 [bluetooth]
[ 75.308085] __sys_listen_socket+0x49/0x60
[ 75.308088] __x64_sys_listen+0x4c/0x90
[ 75.308090] x64_sys_call+0x2517/0x25f0
[ 75.308092] do_syscall_64+0x87/0x150
[ 75.308095] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[ 75.308098]
-> #0 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_ISO){+.+.}-{0:0}:
[ 75.308100] __lock_acquire+0x155e/0x25f0
[ 75.308103] lock_acquire+0xc9/0x300
[ 75.308105] lock_sock_nested+0x32/0x90
[ 75.308107] iso_connect_cfm+0x253/0x840 [bluetooth]
[ 75.308128] hci_connect_cfm+0x6c/0x190 [bluetooth]
[ 75.308155] hci_le_per_adv_report_evt+0x27b/0x2f0 [bluetooth]
[ 75.308180] hci_le_meta_evt+0xe7/0x200 [bluetooth]
[ 75.308206] hci_event_packet+0x21f/0x5c0 [bluetooth]
[ 75.308230] hci_rx_work+0x3ae/0xb10 [bluetooth]
[ 75.308254] process_one_work+0x212/0x740
[ 75.308256] worker_thread+0x1bd/0x3a0
[ 75.308258] kthread+0xe4/0x120
[ 75.308259] ret_from_fork+0x44/0x70
[ 75.308261] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 75.308263]
other info that might help us debug this:

[ 75.308264] Possible unsafe locking scenario:

[ 75.308264] CPU0 CPU1
[ 75.308265] ---- ----
[ 75.308265] lock(&hdev->lock);
[ 75.308267] lock(sk_lock-
AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_ISO);
[ 75.308268] lock(&hdev->lock);
[ 75.308269] lock(sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_ISO);
[ 75.308270]
*** DEADLOCK ***

[ 75.308271] 4 locks held by kworker/u81:2/2623:
[ 75.308272] #0: ffff8fdd66e52148 ((wq_completion)hci0#2){+.+.}-{0:0},
at: process_one_work+0x443/0x740
[ 75.308276] #1: ffffafb488b7fe48 ((work_completion)(&hdev->rx_work)),
at: process_one_work+0x1ce/0x740
[ 75.308280] #2: ffff8fdd61a10078 (&hdev->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}
at: hci_le_per_adv_report_evt+0x47/0x2f0 [bluetooth]
[ 75.308304] #3: ffffffffb6ba4900 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2},
at: hci_connect_cfm+0x29/0x190 [bluetooth]

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.8.12 – < 6.9, 6.9 6.9

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.12.6-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.6-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-60.63 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1029.31 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1029.34 USN-7513-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.11 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1016.17 USN-7522-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1030.32 USN-7515-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1025.29 USN-7515-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1012.14 USN-7515-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1 USN-7379-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1026.26 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1 USN-7381-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1028.31 USN-7514-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1028.31.1 USN-7514-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1008.8 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1017.17 USN-7382-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1028.28 USN-7513-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1026.27 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1028.32 USN-7524-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 6.8.0-60.63.1 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1029.31~22.04.1 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1029.34~22.04.1 USN-7513-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1030.32~22.04.1 USN-7515-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-60.63~22.04.1 USN-7513-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1026.26~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-60.63.1~22.04.1 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1028.31~22.04.1 USN-7514-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1026.27~22.04.1 USN-7513-5
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-62.65~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2023.24 USN-7523-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1022.23 USN-7513-2
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1022.23~22.04.1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 rv +77 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 RHSA-2025:6966

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 bpftool 7.5.0-802.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el10uek ELSA-2025-20530, ELSA-2025-20480
Oracle Linux 9 rv +28 5.14.0-570.12.1.0.1.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966

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