* [PATCH] wifi: rtw88: usb: fix memory leaks on USB write failures
@ 2026-05-01 16:20 luka.gejak
2026-05-06 8:41 ` Ping-Ke Shih
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: luka.gejak @ 2026-05-01 16:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ping-Ke Shih, Kalle Valo
Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka, Yan-Hsuan Chuang, Brian Norris, linux-wireless,
linux-kernel, Luka Gejak, stable
From: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
When rtw_usb_write_port() fails to submit a USB Request Block (URB)
(e.g., due to device disconnect or ENOMEM), the completion callback is
never executed.
Currently, the driver ignores the return value of rtw_usb_write_port()
in rtw_usb_write_data() and rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb(). Because these
functions rely on the completion callback to free the socket buffers
(skbs) and the transaction control block (txcb), a submission failure
results in:
1. A memory leak of the allocated skb in rtw_usb_write_data().
2. A memory leak of the txcb structure and all aggregated skbs in
rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb().
Fix this by checking the return value of rtw_usb_write_port(). If it
fails, explicitly free the skb in rtw_usb_write_data(), and properly
purge the tx_ack_queue and free the txcb in rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb().
Fixes: e3037485c68e ("rtw88: new Realtek 802.11ac driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Tested-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
---
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c
index 718940ebba31..d430645a3ef3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c
@@ -456,7 +456,13 @@ static bool rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb(struct rtw_usb *rtwusb, struct sk_buff_head *list
tx_desc = (struct rtw_tx_desc *)skb_head->data;
qsel = le32_get_bits(tx_desc->w1, RTW_TX_DESC_W1_QSEL);
- rtw_usb_write_port(rtwdev, qsel, skb_head, rtw_usb_write_port_tx_complete, txcb);
+ if (rtw_usb_write_port(rtwdev, qsel, skb_head,
+ rtw_usb_write_port_tx_complete, txcb)) {
+ /* URB submission failed, completion won't run, free the queue */
+ skb_queue_purge(&txcb->tx_ack_queue);
+ kfree(txcb);
+ return false;
+ }
return true;
}
@@ -518,8 +524,10 @@ static int rtw_usb_write_data(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev,
ret = rtw_usb_write_port(rtwdev, qsel, skb,
rtw_usb_write_port_complete, skb);
- if (unlikely(ret))
+ if (unlikely(ret)) {
rtw_err(rtwdev, "failed to do USB write, ret=%d\n", ret);
+ dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+ }
return ret;
}
--
2.54.0
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* RE: [PATCH] wifi: rtw88: usb: fix memory leaks on USB write failures
2026-05-01 16:20 [PATCH] wifi: rtw88: usb: fix memory leaks on USB write failures luka.gejak
@ 2026-05-06 8:41 ` Ping-Ke Shih
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ping-Ke Shih @ 2026-05-06 8:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: luka.gejak@linux.dev, Kalle Valo
Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka, Yan-Hsuan Chuang, Brian Norris,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
luka.gejak@linux.dev <luka.gejak@linux.dev> wrote:
> From: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
>
> When rtw_usb_write_port() fails to submit a USB Request Block (URB)
> (e.g., due to device disconnect or ENOMEM), the completion callback is
> never executed.
>
> Currently, the driver ignores the return value of rtw_usb_write_port()
> in rtw_usb_write_data() and rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb(). Because these
> functions rely on the completion callback to free the socket buffers
> (skbs) and the transaction control block (txcb), a submission failure
> results in:
> 1. A memory leak of the allocated skb in rtw_usb_write_data().
> 2. A memory leak of the txcb structure and all aggregated skbs in
> rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb().
>
> Fix this by checking the return value of rtw_usb_write_port(). If it
> fails, explicitly free the skb in rtw_usb_write_data(), and properly
> purge the tx_ack_queue and free the txcb in rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb().
>
> Fixes: e3037485c68e ("rtw88: new Realtek 802.11ac driver")
This commit doesn't introduce USB support.
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Tested-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
How did you test this patch? Have you really encountered leak problem and
fixed it by this patch? Or make this patch by analysis, and test it
without regression?
> Signed-off-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c | 12 ++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c
> index 718940ebba31..d430645a3ef3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c
> @@ -456,7 +456,13 @@ static bool rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb(struct rtw_usb *rtwusb, struct sk_buff_head *list
> tx_desc = (struct rtw_tx_desc *)skb_head->data;
> qsel = le32_get_bits(tx_desc->w1, RTW_TX_DESC_W1_QSEL);
>
> - rtw_usb_write_port(rtwdev, qsel, skb_head, rtw_usb_write_port_tx_complete, txcb);
> + if (rtw_usb_write_port(rtwdev, qsel, skb_head,
> + rtw_usb_write_port_tx_complete, txcb)) {
Can we use 'ret = rtw_usb_write_port(...);' style, and check by next line?
Like the other one modified by this patch.
> + /* URB submission failed, completion won't run, free the queue */
I think this comment is not necessary.
> + skb_queue_purge(&txcb->tx_ack_queue);
Should use ieee80211_purge_tx_queue() since this is TX?
> + kfree(txcb);
> + return false;
> + }
>
> return true;
> }
> @@ -518,8 +524,10 @@ static int rtw_usb_write_data(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev,
>
> ret = rtw_usb_write_port(rtwdev, qsel, skb,
> rtw_usb_write_port_complete, skb);
> - if (unlikely(ret))
> + if (unlikely(ret)) {
> rtw_err(rtwdev, "failed to do USB write, ret=%d\n", ret);
> + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
> + }
>
> return ret;
> }
> --
> 2.54.0
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