The field adv_instance_cnt is always accessed within a device lock, except in the function add_advertising. A concurrent remove of an advertisement with adding another one could result in the if check "if a new instance was actually added" to not trigger, resulting in not triggering the "advertising added event". Signed-off-by: Niels Dossche <niels.dossche@xxxxxxxx> --- net/bluetooth/mgmt.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c index 37087cf7dc5a..e0dc72f147b4 100644 --- a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c +++ b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c @@ -8046,7 +8046,7 @@ static int add_advertising(struct sock *sk, struct hci_dev *hdev, u32 flags; u8 status; u16 timeout, duration; - unsigned int prev_instance_cnt = hdev->adv_instance_cnt; + unsigned int prev_instance_cnt; u8 schedule_instance = 0; struct adv_info *next_instance; int err; @@ -8097,6 +8097,8 @@ static int add_advertising(struct sock *sk, struct hci_dev *hdev, goto unlock; } + prev_instance_cnt = hdev->adv_instance_cnt; + err = hci_add_adv_instance(hdev, cp->instance, flags, cp->adv_data_len, cp->data, cp->scan_rsp_len, -- 2.34.1