From: Kyle Pepper <cochcoder@proton.me>
To: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>,
Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@gmail.com>,
Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH v3 2/2] Bluetooth: L2CAP: tolerate zero-ident LE credit indications
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:17:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261015181624.48318-2-cochcoder@proton.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261015181624.48318-1-cochcoder@proton.me>
Tolerate exact-size, nonzero credit grants with identifier zero only
for connected LE credit-based channels. Keep the target and pending
security checks shared with ordinary identifiers. Do not send a
response with identifier zero or relax other signaling commands.
This is an interoperability exception to Core Vol 3 Part A section 4,
not a conformance fix.
Assisted-by: OpenCode:gpt-6.1-sol
Signed-off-by: Kyle Pepper <cochcoder@proton.me>
---
Changes since v2:
- Include the unchanged security prerequisite as patch 1/2 in this series,
rather than relying on CI to apply a separately submitted dependency.
- Refresh onto bluetooth-next ff8b09806b7b without a source delta.
- Wrap test notes to keep all prose within GitLint's 80-column limit.
The saved v2 report failed application at l2cap_core.c:5396. That patch
depends on the security fix, which was not yet upstream. A dependency
link and prerequisite-patch-id did not make that CI run apply it first.
Apply this entire series in order; patch 2 alone is not a valid input.
The Core specification still forbids identifier zero. This remains an
interoperability RFC requiring maintainer policy agreement, not a
conformance fix. Patch 1 is independently useful without this exception.
Earlier 397464709a20 runs passed all nine focused security controls with
security-only and combined guests. Public credit controls passed 13/14
security-only (expected positive zero-ID failure), 14/14 combined, with
no skips or captured kernel alerts. Source-extracted fixtures and GCC
W=1 changed objects passed. These are prior runs, not fresh v3 VMs.
The earlier full-suite attempt was incomplete due to an SCI timeout also
seen on the unpatched base. No fresh full-suite or remote CI pass is
claimed for v3. The combined Arch trial is reported working on hardware,
not isolated attribution or exhaustive device/security/teardown coverage.
Private security reproducer/logs and the archived BlueZ test companion
are excluded. This series contains only the two kernel patches.
net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
index 7a7f30531..d805b1c62 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
@@ -5396,6 +5396,10 @@ static inline int l2cap_le_credits(struct l2cap_conn *conn,
chan->mode != L2CAP_MODE_EXT_FLOWCTL))
goto unlock;
+ /* Tolerate identifier-zero credits only for a live LE CoC. */
+ if (!cmd->ident && (!credits || chan->mode != L2CAP_MODE_LE_FLOWCTL))
+ goto unlock;
+
max_credits = LE_FLOWCTL_MAX_CREDITS - chan->tx_credits;
if (credits > max_credits) {
BT_ERR("LE credits overflow");
@@ -5994,11 +5998,21 @@ static inline void l2cap_le_sig_channel(struct l2cap_conn *conn,
BT_DBG("code 0x%2.2x len %d id 0x%2.2x", cmd->code, len, cmd->ident);
- if (len != skb->len || !cmd->ident) {
+ if (len != skb->len) {
BT_DBG("corrupted command");
goto drop;
}
+ if (!cmd->ident) {
+ if (cmd->code != L2CAP_LE_CREDITS ||
+ len != sizeof(struct l2cap_le_credits))
+ goto drop;
+
+ /* Credits have no response or identifier-matched transaction. */
+ l2cap_le_credits(conn, cmd, len, skb->data);
+ goto drop;
+ }
+
err = l2cap_le_sig_cmd(conn, cmd, len, skb->data);
if (err) {
struct l2cap_cmd_rej_unk rej;
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-15 18:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-13 3:19 [RFC PATCH] " Kyle Pepper
2026-10-13 14:43 ` Luiz Augusto von Dentz
2026-10-15 18:31 ` cochcoder
2026-10-15 5:28 ` [RFC PATCH v2] " Kyle Pepper
2026-10-15 18:16 ` [RFC PATCH v3 1/2] Bluetooth: L2CAP: Keep credits from completing security upgrades Kyle Pepper
2026-10-15 18:17 ` Kyle Pepper [this message]
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