Bluetooth: ISO: balance the parent hold in hci_bind_bis()

hci_conn_link() takes a lifetime reference to its parent with
hci_conn_get(), but only takes an operational hold on the child.
hci_conn_unlink() later balances both a hold and a reference on the
parent.

The SCO and CIS paths pass a parent acquired from a connect helper, so
it already has a hold. For an additional BIS, hci_bind_bis() obtains the
parent from hci_conn_hash_lookup_big(), which returns a bare pointer.
Unlinking the child then drops the parent's existing hold and can
schedule it for disconnection while its socket is still using it.

Take a hold on the parent before linking it and drop that hold if linking
fails. A successful link transfers the hold to hci_conn_unlink().

Fixes: fa224d0c09 ("Bluetooth: ISO: Reassociate a socket with an active BIS")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.von.dentz@intel.com>
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Aldo Ariel Panzardo 2026-09-15 13:03:32 -03:00 • committed by Luiz Augusto von Dentz
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