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commit 32a7b4cbe93b0a0ef7e63d31ca69ce54736c4412 upstream. The hci_dev struct hdev is referenced in work queues and timers started by open() in some protocols. This creates a race between the initialization function and the work or timer which can result hdev being dereferenced while it is still null. The syzbot report contains a reliable reproducer which causes a null pointer dereference of hdev in hci_uart_write_work() by making the memory allocation for hdev fail. To fix this, ensure hdev is valid from before calling a protocol's open() until after calling a protocol's close(). Reported-by: syzbot+257790c15bcdef6fe00c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Jeremy Cline <jcline@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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