From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
To: Zilin Guan <zilin@seu.edu.cn>
Cc: nbd@nbd.name, ryder.lee@mediatek.com, shayne.chen@mediatek.com,
sean.wang@mediatek.com, matthias.bgg@gmail.com,
angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, jianhao.xu@seu.edu.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] mt76: mt7615: Fix memory leak in mt7615_mcu_wtbl_sta_add()
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:17:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aRWF9QJuwGaDlUvT@lore-desk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251113062415.103611-1-zilin@seu.edu.cn>
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> In mt7615_mcu_wtbl_sta_add(), an skb sskb is allocated. If the
> subsequent call to mt76_connac_mcu_alloc_wtbl_req() fails, the function
> returns an error without freeing sskb, leading to a memory leak.
>
> Fix this by calling dev_kfree_skb() on sskb in the error handling path
> to ensure it is properly released.
>
> Fixes: 99c457d902cf9 ("mt76: mt7615: move mt7615_mcu_set_bmc to mt7615_mcu_ops")
> Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <zilin@seu.edu.cn>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mcu.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mcu.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mcu.c
> index 4064e193d4de..08ee2e861c4e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mcu.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mcu.c
> @@ -874,8 +874,10 @@ mt7615_mcu_wtbl_sta_add(struct mt7615_phy *phy, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
> wtbl_hdr = mt76_connac_mcu_alloc_wtbl_req(&dev->mt76, &msta->wcid,
> WTBL_RESET_AND_SET, NULL,
> &wskb);
> - if (IS_ERR(wtbl_hdr))
> + if (IS_ERR(wtbl_hdr)) {
> + dev_kfree_skb(sskb);
Hi Zilin,
I can't see how this is useful since if mt76_connac_mcu_alloc_wtbl_req returns
an error, wskb will not be allocated.
Regards,
Lorenzo
> return PTR_ERR(wtbl_hdr);
> + }
>
> if (enable) {
> mt76_connac_mcu_wtbl_generic_tlv(&dev->mt76, wskb, vif, sta,
> --
> 2.34.1
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-13 7:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-13 6:24 [PATCH net] mt76: mt7615: Fix memory leak in mt7615_mcu_wtbl_sta_add() Zilin Guan
2025-11-13 7:17 ` Lorenzo Bianconi [this message]
2025-11-13 9:41 ` Zilin Guan
2025-11-13 10:57 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
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