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From: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Yehezkel Bernat <YehezkelShB@gmail.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] net: thunderbolt: Prevent Tx descriptor leak in tbnet_start_xmit()
Date: Tue,  3 Nov 2026 13:56:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261103125621.1111198-2-mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261103125621.1111198-1-mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>

Sashiko pointed out that tbnet_start_xmit() may leak one Tx
descriptor on three error paths jumping to err_drop because frame_index
is not yet updated but the Tx descriptor is already used. This will
accumulate over time and in the worst case run out of Tx descriptors
completely.

Fix this by subtracting the correct number on error path.

Fixes: e69b6c02b4c3 ("net: Add support for networking over Thunderbolt cable")
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260902082128.1148463-1-mika.westerberg%40linux.intel.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/thunderbolt/main.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/thunderbolt/main.c b/drivers/net/thunderbolt/main.c
index 30b3568a83fc..febf5e5a8be3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/thunderbolt/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/thunderbolt/main.c
@@ -1148,13 +1148,13 @@ static netdev_tx_t tbnet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct tbnet_frame *frames[MAX_SKB_FRAGS];
 	u16 frame_id = atomic_read(&net->frame_id);
 	struct thunderbolt_ip_frame_header *hdr;
+	bool unmap = false, index_used = false;
 	unsigned int len = skb_headlen(skb);
 	unsigned int data_len = skb->len;
 	unsigned int nframes, i;
 	unsigned int frag = 0;
 	void *src = skb->data;
 	u32 frame_index = 0;
-	bool unmap = false;
 	void *dest;
 
 	trace_tbnet_tx_skb(skb);
@@ -1208,6 +1208,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t tbnet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				src = tbnet_kmap_frag(skb, frag++, &len);
 				unmap = true;
 			} else if (unlikely(size_left > 0)) {
+				index_used = true;
 				goto err_drop;
 			}
 		} while (size_left > 0);
@@ -1244,6 +1245,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t tbnet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			src = tbnet_kmap_frag(skb, frag++, &len);
 			unmap = true;
 		} else if (unlikely(data_len > 0)) {
+			index_used = true;
 			goto err_drop;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1253,8 +1255,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t tbnet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (unmap)
 		kunmap_local(src);
 
-	if (!tbnet_xmit_csum_and_map(net, skb, frames, frame_index + 1))
+	if (!tbnet_xmit_csum_and_map(net, skb, frames, frame_index + 1)) {
+		index_used = true;
 		goto err_drop;
+	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < frame_index + 1; i++)
 		tb_ring_tx_more(net->tx_ring.ring, &frames[i]->frame);
@@ -1274,6 +1278,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t tbnet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 err_drop:
 	/* We can re-use the buffers */
 	net->tx_ring.cons -= frame_index;
+	/* Return back the current slot as well */
+	if (index_used)
+		net->tx_ring.cons--;
 
 	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 	net->stats.tx_errors++;
-- 
2.50.1


  reply	other threads:[~2026-11-03 12:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-03 12:56 [PATCH 1/2] net: thunderbolt: Stop queueing Rx buffers if allocation fails Mika Westerberg
2026-11-03 12:56 ` Mika Westerberg [this message]
2026-11-03 12:57 ` netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-11-07 15:55 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-10 14:21   ` Mika Westerberg

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