Re: [PATCH 1/2] Protect skb pointer used by two different kernel instances
From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Mon Jun 22 2026 - 04:43:39 EST
On Sun, Jun 21, 2026 at 9:33 PM Selvamani Rajagopal via B4 Relay
<devnull+Selvamani.Rajagopal.onsemi.com@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Selvamani Rajagopal <Selvamani.Rajagopal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Threaded IRQ uses waiting_tx_skb. Transmit path also uses
> this pointer without any mutual exclusion protection. As a
> result, it might leak skb buffer, particularly threaded IRQ
> runs in the middle of tranmsmit path, near skb_linearize.
>
> Fixes: b542d13fab0f ("net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Interrupt is active low, level triggered.")
> Signed-off-by: Selvamani Rajagopal <Selvamani.Rajagopal@xxxxxxxxxx>
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OK but please use "net: ethernet: oa_tc6:" prefix in the patch title.