[PATCH net] idpf: free the skb on TX DMA mapping errors

From: Mina Almasry

Date: Fri Oct 23 2026 - 23:05:09 EST


From: Naman Gulati <namangulati@xxxxxxxxxx>

When a DMA mapping fails in idpf_tx_splitq_map() or
idpf_tx_singleq_map(), the unwind walks the buffers with
libeth_tx_complete(). The first buffer is still typed LIBETH_SQE_FRAG
(or LIBETH_SQE_EMPTY if the linear data mapping itself failed) at that
point, so it is only unmapped and the skb is never freed. The callers
return NETDEV_TX_OK and do not touch the skb either, so it leaks.

Free the skb at the end of the unwind.

Fixes: d9028db618a6 ("idpf: convert to libeth Tx buffer completion")
Signed-off-by: Naman Gulati <namangulati@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c | 2 ++
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c
index e3ddf18dcbf51..010903260ff6f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ static void idpf_tx_singleq_dma_map_error(struct idpf_tx_queue *txq,

/* Update tail in case netdev_xmit_more was previously true */
idpf_tx_buf_hw_update(txq, idx, false);
+
+ dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
}

/**
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
index 885df6294ad94..a92e2457781e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
@@ -2606,6 +2606,7 @@ static void idpf_tx_splitq_pkt_err_unmap(struct idpf_tx_queue *txq,
struct idpf_sw_queue *refillq = txq->refillq;
struct libeth_sq_napi_stats ss = { };
struct idpf_tx_buf *tx_buf = first;
+ struct sk_buff *skb = first->skb;
struct libeth_cq_pp cp = {
.dev = txq->dev,
.ss = &ss,
@@ -2621,6 +2622,8 @@ static void idpf_tx_splitq_pkt_err_unmap(struct idpf_tx_queue *txq,
libeth_tx_complete(tx_buf, &cp);
}

+ dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+
/* Update tail in case netdev_xmit_more was previously true. */
idpf_tx_buf_hw_update(txq, params->prev_ntu, false);


base-commit: 7076f684d5132e6a6145e1da2fa74771ecd052e5
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2.56.0.257.gf7497c7d27-goog