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>,
<stable@vger.kernel.org>,
Devin Wittmayer <lucid_duck@justthetip.ca>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] wifi: mt76: fix memory leak in USB TX path
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:21:29 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260819082129.1062282-3-eason.lai@mediatek.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260819082129.1062282-1-eason.lai@mediatek.com>
When errors occur in mt76u_tx_queue_skb(), the skb is not properly
freed, leading to memory leaks. This happens when:
- The queue is full
- tx_prepare_skb() drops zero-length frames (such as WMM NULL frames)
to prevent hardware TX hangs
- Buffer setup fails
Fix by properly releasing the skb with ieee80211_tx_status_ext() when
the queue is full or tx_prepare_skb() fails, and using
mt76_tx_complete_skb() when mt76u_tx_setup_buffers() fails (since
tx_prepare_skb() has already succeeded and may have allocated resources
that need cleanup)
Fixes: b40b15e1521f ("mt76: add usb support to mt76 layer")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Tested-by: Devin Wittmayer <lucid_duck@justthetip.ca>
Signed-off-by: Eason Lai <eason.lai@mediatek.com>
---
v2:
- add error handling for queue full and tx_prepare_skb()
- correct error handling for mt76u_tx_setup_buffers()
v3: add Tested-by: Devin Wittmayer and cc stable
---
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/usb.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/usb.c
index a9af3aa6b80a..dfc12f6944a7 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,
};
@@ -900,17 +903,27 @@ mt76u_tx_queue_skb(struct mt76_phy *phy, struct mt76_queue *q,
u16 idx = q->head;
int err;
- if (q->queued == q->ndesc)
- return -ENOSPC;
+ if (q->queued == q->ndesc) {
+ err = -ENOSPC;
+ goto err_free_skb;
+ }
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;
+ if (err < 0) {
+ /*
+ * mt76_tx_status_skb_get() walks the idr and dereferences
+ * a freed skb. This SKB is not counted in non-AQL counter
+ * due to error return, so using 0xffff as wcid to keep
+ * balanced.
+ */
+ mt76_tx_complete_skb(dev, 0xffff, tx_info.skb);
+ goto err_ret;
+ }
mt76u_fill_bulk_urb(dev, USB_DIR_OUT, q->ep, q->entry[idx].urb,
mt76u_complete_tx, &q->entry[idx]);
@@ -921,6 +934,14 @@ 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);
+err_ret:
+ return err;
}
static void mt76u_tx_kick(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct mt76_queue *q)
--
2.45.2
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-19 8:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-19 8:21 [PATCH v3 0/2] wifi: mt76: refine USB/SDIO TX path error handling Eason Lai
2026-08-19 8:21 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] wifi: mt76: mt792x: fix UAF in SDIO TX path when out of memory Eason Lai
2026-08-19 8:21 ` Eason Lai [this message]
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