Export your Windows Bluetooth LE keys into Linux!

Thanks you so much ! Thats a very handy script. Just keep in mind you need chntpw package on your machine. I was using Centos 7 with https://centos.pkgs.org/7/nux-dextop-x86_64/chntpw-0.99.6-22.110511.el7.nux.x86_64.rpm.html

Great, it works! Thanks!

Replacing system. with SYSTEM helped for me (also remember to replace username, or provide whole path as argument).

I really appreciate your share, but it doesn't work on my computer. Maybe that is because of the same address of mouse on my Windows and Ubuntu.

No CRSK key is being generated in my BTKeys.reg when running psexec so the code throws this error. Any advice?

Exporting to file '/tmp/tmpv3dr3u3e.reg'...
Exporting key 'Keys' with 2 subkeys and 0 values...
Exporting key '803253471200' with 1 subkeys and 4 values...
Exporting key 'e4def07b268e' with 0 subkeys and 9 values...
Exporting key 'd8fc930fc449' with 0 subkeys and 2 values...
Dumping 80:32:53:47:12:00/E4:DE:F0:7B:26:8E...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "export-ble-infos.py", line 143, in
sys.exit(main())
File "export-ble-infos.py", line 133, in main
config['LocalSignatureKey']['Key'] = read_reg('CSRK', 'hex16')
File "export-ble-infos.py", line 124, in read_reg
result = read_reg_actual(key, expected_type)
File "export-ble-infos.py", line 109, in read_reg_actual
actual_type, content = dump[section]['"{}"'.format(key)].split(':', 1)
File "/home/wahid/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/configparser.py", line 1251, in getitem
raise KeyError(key)
KeyError: '"CSRK"'

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@Wahidur-Rahman I have not tested it out but maybe @corecoding's fork could be useful to you.

@Wahidur-Rahman I have not tested it out but maybe @corecoding's fork could be useful to you.

Yes, that has worked, thanks!

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@Wahidur-Rahman Thanks for confirming! I have merged the relevant changes from @corecoding's fork.

Running into a similar error but with IRK. No CSRK is being generated in my case either.

[Manjaro ~]# python3 export-ble-infos.py
reged version 0.1 140201, (c) Petter N Hagen
Exporting to file '/tmp/tmpebcobaf_.reg'...
Exporting key 'Keys' with 1 subkeys and 0 values...
Exporting key '8878732352bb' with 1 subkeys and 3 values...
Exporting key 'c9bf519682e9' with 0 subkeys and 6 values...
Dumping bluetooth/88:78:73:23:52:BB/C9:BF:51:96:82:E9
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "export-ble-infos.py", line 140, in
sys.exit(main())
File "export-ble-infos.py", line 127, in main
config['IdentityResolvingKey']['Key'] = read_reg('IRK', 'hex16')
File "export-ble-infos.py", line 119, in read_reg
result = read_reg_actual(key, expected_type)
File "export-ble-infos.py", line 104, in read_reg_actual
actual_type, content = dump[section]['"{}"'.format(key)].split(':', 1)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/configparser.py", line 1254, in getitem
raise KeyError(key)
KeyError: '"IRK"'

BTKeys.reg Output:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\BTHPORT\Parameters\Keys]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\BTHPORT\Parameters\Keys\8878732352bb]
"2811a541d1bb"=hex:82,75,06,49,5b,52,75,c1,5a,19,fd,7a,1f,b0,79,4f
"MasterIRK"=hex:d0,03,49,6c,cf,3a,7a,9e,de,b5,8b,b7,a3,6c,43,49
"4801c570a524"=hex:14,28,5e,2a,0f,49,bf,8a,90,2b,6b,dd,20,f9,52,6b

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\BTHPORT\Parameters\Keys\8878732352bb\c9bf519382e9]
"LTK"=hex:10,4a,0a,ab,fe,ae,e7,8e,1b,db,a8,ee,cb,91,2a,b2
"KeyLength"=dword:00000010
"ERand"=hex(b):
"EDIV"=dword:00000fee
"MasterIRKStatus"=dword:00000001
"AuthReq"=dword:0000002d

I did try editing the script to MasterIRK and the same error was presented KeyError being updated to MasterIRK.

New to linux, sorry in advance.

I'm getting an error that appears to result from not being able to make the output directory for some reason. This is the error, with the output_dir variable printed out right above it

bluetooth/48:45:20:92:0F:30/F1:9F:12:F6:F0:18
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./export-ble-infos.py", line 154, in
sys.exit(main())
File "./export-ble-infos.py", line 146, in main
os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/os.py", line 213, in makedirs
makedirs(head, exist_ok=exist_ok)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/os.py", line 223, in makedirs
mkdir(name, mode)
OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: 'bluetooth/48:45:20:92:0F:30'

Edit: Solved the issue, was trying to run the script in a directory in my Windows partition, so the colon was not allowed.

How do i run this script? on windows/linux?

I tried to run this script on visual code in windows and go this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File ".\export-ble-infos.py", line 153, in
sys.exit(main())
File ".\export-ble-infos.py", line 86, in main
reged = subprocess.Popen(["reged", "-x", options.system, '\', options.key, out], stdout=sys.stderr)
File "C:\Python\Python37\lib\subprocess.py", line 800, in init
restore_signals, start_new_session)
File "C:\Python\Python37\lib\subprocess.py", line 1207, in _execute_child
startupinfo)
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

So, I tried to run on Linux, I guess i don't run this script properly but in any case i got error of some modules that can't be loaded.
python ./export-ble-infos.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./export-ble-infos.py", line 22, in
from configparser import ConfigParser
ImportError: No module named configparser

Is it the right way to run this script?
thanks.

@n1vgabay - seems you are missing the appropriate python module. Might be that you don't have the dependency chntpw installed. Try 'sudo apt install chntpw'

if that doesn't work, try manually installing the package to python with 'pip install configparser'

I'm using also designer mouse but mouse cant connecting after run these script and commands. The CSRK key was blank, I added it from BTkeys. Unfortunately still not working on fedora 32.

@n1vgabay - seems you are missing the appropriate python module. Might be that you don't have the dependency chntpw installed. Try 'sudo apt install chntpw'

if that doesn't work, try manually installing the package to python with 'pip install configparser'

So i installed this package with python-pip as well, now i've got this massege:

reged version 0.1 140201, (c) Petter N Hagen
openHive(/mnt/Windows/System32/config/SYSTEM) failed: No such file or directory, trying read-only
openHive(/mnt/Windows/System32/config/SYSTEM) in fallback RO-mode failed: No such file or directory
Unable to open/read hive /mnt/Windows/System32/config/SYSTEM, exiting..

Any ideas how to solve this issue to make it work finally?

And something i wondered since i saw this script,
How should i run this script? according to this usage above.

Usage:
$ ./export-ble-infos.py # # # Do i need to add arguments when run this py script?
$ sudo bash -c 'cp -r ./bluetooth /var/lib && service bluetooth force-reload'
$ rm -r bluetooth
"""

I'm assuming that the path I see in the script isn't working.. i mout windows and linux but maybe it's not enough.
I can see my windows file through: **/media/$user/OS ... and so on ..

Is it still working? I'm trying to use it, the result is the same of the one that I've generated by hand but my mouse cannot connect properly. Any help?

Edit:
It sounds that with Linux 5.9+ there are some "issues" with the Bluetooth stack. Removing [IdentityResolvingKey] Key=... fix the issue.
Ref: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth#Problems_with_all_BLE_devices_on_kernel_5.9+

Fantastic. I'm not really a Python guru, so I can't tell what's going on here, but it works

Is it still working? I'm trying to use it, the result is the same of the one that I've generated by hand but my mouse cannot connect properly. Any help?

Edit:
It sounds that with Linux 5.9+ there are some "issues" with the Bluetooth stack. Removing [IdentityResolvingKey] Key=... fix the issue.
Ref: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth#Problems_with_all_BLE_devices_on_kernel_5.9+

Thanks @thymbahutymba

commented out this line(by adding the # sign) and my bluetooth keyboard now works both on windows and linux.

# config['IdentityResolvingKey']['Key'] = read_reg('IRK', 'hex16')

This doesn't seem to be working for me. The script runs fine, and I see 'Designer Mouse' show up in my Bluetooth device list but it just won't connect to my mouse.
I see in my info file for the mouse that the LocalSignatureKey is blank, is that normal? What do I have to do to get that key to fill in properly?

It turns out that the default template doesn't have the right configuration for my mouse. I manually copied some of the keys from the scripts output into my mouse's info file and it worked.

Then after checking the script a little closer I found that if you connect your device to Linux first, then connect it in Windows, and then come back to Linux and run the script, the script will apply the keys it grabbed from Windows and add them into your mouse's already existing info file. (I don't know if it's necessary, but I also turned off my mouse after pairing it in Windows and didn't turn it back on until after I ran the script and moved the files as directed.)

Note: I had to run the script as root in order for the script to be able to find my mouse's already existing info file.
$ sudo ./export-ble-infos.py -s /media/brad/Windows-SSD/Windows/System32/config/SYSTEM
$ sudo bash -c 'cp -r ./bluetooth /var/lib && service bluetooth force-reload'
$ sudo rm -r bluetooth

I found for the following line #L137:
if "CSRK" in dump[section]:

I need to change it to:
if '"CSRK"' in dump[section]:

At least for Python3.8/Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows 10.. unsure if that works on other combos.. i see the quoting logic exists in read_reg () though.

In Windows 10 2h20 when connect Designer mouse no such keys in regedit.
But on others version this method works good.

Very useful - thanks! Worked perfectly (Win 10/Ubuntu 18.04 on Dell XPS). Only problem I had was:

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'reged': 'reged'

Solved by installing chntpw, then all good :)

Is this supposed to be run from Windows or Linux?

@Mygod what license is this under?

Author

@jamincollins Hi I added APL-2.0 license for this. Cheers!

This is exactly what I needed. Just ran the script, copied the values and it just works. Thank you so much!

Author

@lathiat Thanks! I took your patch.

My new ROG GLADIUS III WL don't have an IRK on both Windows 10 and Linux, I did the same trick Mygod did to CSRK in L157 to make IRK optional and it works.

Just for the record, I get KeyError: '"IRK"' when the script is parsing the dumped registry.

Author

@escape0707 Did you mean IRK?

@escape0707 Did you mean IRK?

Oh, yes. Sorry for the confusion. I’ve corrected my original comment.