From: Eason Lai <eason.lai@mediatek.com>
To: <nbd@nbd.name>, <lorenzo@kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org>, <kun.wu@mediatek.com>,
<deren.wu@mediatek.com>, <sean.wang@mediatek.com>,
<quan.zhou@mediatek.com>, <ryder.lee@mediatek.com>,
<leon.yen@mediatek.com>, <litien.chang@mediatek.com>,
<jb.tsai@mediatek.com>, <eason.lai@mediatek.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1] wifi: mt76: mt792x: fix memory leak in USB TX path
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 15:38:12 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260805073812.1433126-1-eason.lai@mediatek.com> (raw)
When tx_prepare_skb() returns an error in the USB TX path, the
skb is not freed, leading to a memory leak. This can occur when
zero-length frames (such as WNM NULL frames) are dropped to prevent
potential hardware TX hangs.
Fix this by properly releasing the skb with ieee80211_tx_status_ext()
when tx_prepare_skb() fails.
Fixes: b40b15e1521f ("mt76: add usb support to mt76 layer")
Signed-off-by: Eason Lai <eason.lai@mediatek.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/usb.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/usb.c
index a9af3aa6b80a..e266509a7873 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/usb.c
@@ -893,6 +893,9 @@ mt76u_tx_queue_skb(struct mt76_phy *phy, struct mt76_queue *q,
enum mt76_txq_id qid, struct sk_buff *skb,
struct mt76_wcid *wcid, struct ieee80211_sta *sta)
{
+ struct ieee80211_tx_status status = {
+ .sta = sta,
+ };
struct mt76_tx_info tx_info = {
.skb = skb,
};
@@ -906,11 +909,11 @@ mt76u_tx_queue_skb(struct mt76_phy *phy, struct mt76_queue *q,
skb->prev = skb->next = NULL;
err = dev->drv->tx_prepare_skb(dev, NULL, qid, wcid, sta, &tx_info);
if (err < 0)
- return err;
+ goto err_free_skb;
err = mt76u_tx_setup_buffers(dev, tx_info.skb, q->entry[idx].urb);
if (err < 0)
- return err;
+ goto err_free_skb;
mt76u_fill_bulk_urb(dev, USB_DIR_OUT, q->ep, q->entry[idx].urb,
mt76u_complete_tx, &q->entry[idx]);
@@ -921,6 +924,13 @@ mt76u_tx_queue_skb(struct mt76_phy *phy, struct mt76_queue *q,
q->queued++;
return idx;
+
+err_free_skb:
+ status.skb = tx_info.skb;
+ spin_lock_bh(&dev->rx_lock);
+ ieee80211_tx_status_ext(dev->hw, &status);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&dev->rx_lock);
+ return err;
}
static void mt76u_tx_kick(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct mt76_queue *q)
--
2.45.2
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-05 7:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-05 7:38 Eason Lai [this message]
2026-08-06 22:29 ` [PATCH v1] wifi: mt76: mt792x: fix memory leak in USB TX path Devin Wittmayer
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