Bug#1087761: bluez: Fails to connect to device: Permission denied

[Bastian Venthur]

Package: bluez
Version: 5.79-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
X-Debbugs-Cc: ***@debian.org

Dear Maintainer,

Since the recent update, I cannot connect to my bluetooth headphones anymore.
Here's: the relevant part of journalctl:

$ sudo journalctl -f -u bluetooth
Nov 18 12:23:11 fiona bluetoothd[1073]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.127 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/faststream_duplex
Nov 18 12:23:11 fiona bluetoothd[1073]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.127 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/opus_05
Nov 18 12:23:11 fiona bluetoothd[1073]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.127 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/opus_05
Nov 18 12:23:11 fiona bluetoothd[1073]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.127 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/opus_05_duplex
Nov 18 12:23:11 fiona bluetoothd[1073]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.127 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/opus_05_duplex
Nov 18 12:23:34 fiona bluetoothd[1073]: src/profile.c:ext_connect() Hands-Free Voice gateway failed connect to 78:2B:64:A0:53:9D: Permission denied (13)
Nov 18 12:23:35 fiona bluetoothd[1073]: profiles/audio/avdtp.c:avdtp_connect_cb() connect to 78:2B:64:A0:53:9D: Too many levels of symbolic links (40)
Nov 18 12:23:38 fiona bluetoothd[1073]: profiles/audio/avdtp.c:avdtp_connect_cb() connect to 78:2B:64:A0:53:9D: Too many levels of symbolic links (40)
Nov 18 12:24:29 fiona bluetoothd[1073]: src/profile.c:ext_connect() Hands-Free Voice gateway failed connect to 78:2B:64:A0:53:9D: Connection refused (111)
Nov 18 12:24:29 fiona bluetoothd[1073]: profiles/audio/avdtp.c:avdtp_connect_cb() connect to 78:2B:64:A0:53:9D: Connection refused (111)
Nov 18 12:25:29 fiona bluetoothd[1073]: src/profile.c:ext_connect() Hands-Free Voice gateway failed connect to 78:2B:64:A0:53:9D: Permission denied (13)
Nov 18 12:25:30 fiona bluetoothd[1073]: profiles/audio/avdtp.c:avdtp_connect_cb() connect to 78:2B:64:A0:53:9D: Too many levels of symbolic links (40)
Nov 18 12:25:33 fiona bluetoothd[1073]: profiles/audio/avdtp.c:avdtp_connect_cb() connect to 78:2B:64:A0:53:9D: Too many levels of symbolic links (40)


The headphones in question (Bose QC) were working fine before the update.


Cheers,

Bastian

-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.11.7-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages bluez depends on:
ii dbus [default-dbus-system-bus] 1.14.10-6
ii init-system-helpers 1.67
ii kmod 33+20240816-2
ii libasound2t64 1.2.12-1+b1
ii libc6 2.40-3
ii libdbus-1-3 1.14.10-6
ii libdw1t64 0.192-4
ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.82.2-3
ii libreadline8t64 8.2-5
ii libudev1 257~rc2-3
ii udev 257~rc2-3

bluez recommends no packages.

Versions of packages bluez suggests:
pn pulseaudio-module-bluetooth <none>

-- no debconf information

[Vincent Lefevre]

Post by Bastian Venthur
Package: bluez
Version: 5.79-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Dear Maintainer,
Since the recent update, I cannot connect to my bluetooth headphones anymore.

Note that for me this is the opposite: I could no longer connect
my bluetooth headset with bluez 5.77-1 and recent kernels:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1083183

and other users had the same issue:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/784717/74516

and the problem is fixed with bluez 5.79-1 (tested with the
6.11.9-amd64 kernel).

[Debian Bug Tracking System]

severity -1 normal

Bug #1087761 [bluez] bluez: Fails to connect to device: Permission denied
Severity set to 'normal' from 'grave'