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However, if a TTY write wakeup occurs during this window,\nhci_uart_tx_wakeup() may schedule write_work before hu->priv is\ninitialized, leading to a NULL pointer dereference in\nhci_uart_write_work() when proto->dequeue() accesses hu->priv.\n\nThe race condition is:\n\n CPU0 CPU1\n ---- ----\n hci_uart_set_proto()\n set_bit(HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT)\n hci_uart_register_dev()\n tty write wakeup\n hci_uart_tty_wakeup()\n hci_uart_tx_wakeup()\n schedule_work(&hu->write_work)\n proto->open(hu)\n // initializes hu->priv\n hci_uart_write_work()\n hci_uart_dequeue()\n proto->dequeue(hu)\n // accesses hu->priv (NULL!)\n\nFix this by moving set_bit(HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT) after proto->open()\nsucceeds, ensuring hu->priv is initialized before any work can be\nscheduled."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c"], "versions": 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