[PATCH] chtls: Fix skb reference leak in chtls_send_reset()
From: Wentao Liang
Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 07:09:32 EST
chtls_send_reset() is given a skb holding one reference, to be sent as
CPL_ABORT_REQ. It consumes that reference on every path except the
TCP_SYN_RECV one: there it sends a TCB field reply built from a freshly
allocated skb and never releases the passed-in one.
This leaks the reference taken by reset_listen_child(), which resets
half-open children in TCP_SYN_RECV found on the SYN queue.
Release the skb on the TCP_SYN_RECV path as well.
Fixes: 8ad2a970d201 ("cxgb4/chtls: Fix tid stuck due to wrong update of qid")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c
index 0e3e5cf52c2c..a363f20452fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c
@@ -265,12 +265,14 @@ static void chtls_send_reset(struct sock *sk, int mode, struct sk_buff *skb)
chtls_purge_write_queue(sk);
csk_set_flag(csk, CSK_ABORT_SHUTDOWN);
- if (sk->sk_state != TCP_SYN_RECV)
+ if (sk->sk_state != TCP_SYN_RECV) {
chtls_send_abort(sk, mode, skb);
- else
+ } else {
chtls_set_tcb_field_rpl_skb(sk, TCB_T_FLAGS_W,
TCB_T_FLAGS_V(TCB_T_FLAGS_M), 0,
TCB_FIELD_COOKIE_TFLAG, 1);
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ }
return;
out:
--
2.34.1