From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Cc: jgross@suse.com, sstabellini@kernel.org,
oleksandr_tyshchenko@epam.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net] xen/netfront: don't leak the skb when xennet_fill_frags() fails
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:40:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <179148480652.386807.10828311641077520646.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261007-b4-xen-netfront-fill-frags-leak-v1-1-a8a01ff9cd52@toxicpanda.com>
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:
On Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:57:32 +0000 you wrote:
> When a response chain has more slots than fit in the skb's frags,
> xennet_fill_frags() returns an error and xennet_poll() jumps to its
> error path. That path moves what's left on tmpq to errq to be freed,
> but the skb being filled was already dequeued from tmpq, so it's never
> freed. Each chain that overflows leaks the skb and the pages attached
> to it as frags, and the backend decides how many slots it sends.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net] xen/netfront: don't leak the skb when xennet_fill_frags() fails
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/93ccaf1c26e2
You are awesome, thank you!
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-07 17:57 [PATCH net] xen/netfront: don't leak the skb when xennet_fill_frags() fails Josef Bacik
2026-10-08 10:17 ` Juergen Gross
2026-10-08 18:40 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]
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