Re: [PATCH net] net: ethernet: rtsn: fix potential memory leak in rtsn_start_xmit()

From: Niklas Söderlund
Date: Mon Oct 14 2024 - 16:50:59 EST


Hello Wang,

Thanks for finding this.

On 2024-10-14 22:42:50 +0800, Wang Hai wrote:
> The rtsn_start_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb
> in case of skb->len being too long, add dev_kfree_skb_any() to fix it.
>
> Fixes: b0d3969d2b4d ("net: ethernet: rtsn: Add support for Renesas Ethernet-TSN")
> Signed-off-by: Wang Hai <wanghai38@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rtsn.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rtsn.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rtsn.c
> index f9f63c61d792..6b3f7fca8d15 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rtsn.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rtsn.c
> @@ -1057,6 +1057,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t rtsn_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
> if (skb->len >= TX_DS) {
> priv->stats.tx_dropped++;
> priv->stats.tx_errors++;
> + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
> goto out;
> }
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>

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Kind Regards,
Niklas Söderlund