From: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
To: andrew+netdev@lunn.ch
Cc: atul.gupta@chelsio.com, bharat@chelsio.com, davem@davemloft.net,
edumazet@google.com, ganeshgr@chelsio.com, kuba@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, richardcochran@gmail.com,
Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] cxgb4: Fix ptp_tx_skb reference leak in cxgb4_eth_xmit()
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:57:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260917105713.2147903-1-vulab@iscas.ac.cn> (raw)
When PTP is enabled, cxgb4_eth_xmit() takes an extra reference on the
skb and stores it in adap->ptp_tx_skb. If the Tx queue is full the
function returns NETDEV_TX_BUSY, and the remaining error paths jump to
out_free; neither path releases that extra reference, so the skb is
leaked and adap->ptp_tx_skb keeps a stale pointer.
Move the adapter lookup before the first error path so out_free can use
it, then release adap->ptp_tx_skb on both paths.
Fixes: a456950445a0 ("cxgb4: time stamping interface for PTP")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c | 13 +++++++++++--
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
index 9fccb8ea9bcd..5d4c63d9a937 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
@@ -1503,12 +1503,13 @@ static netdev_tx_t cxgb4_eth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
unsigned int chip_ver;
struct adapter *adap;
+ pi = netdev_priv(dev);
+ adap = pi->adapter;
+
ret = cxgb4_validate_skb(skb, dev, ETH_HLEN);
if (ret)
goto out_free;
- pi = netdev_priv(dev);
- adap = pi->adapter;
ssi = skb_shinfo(skb);
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CHELSIO_IPSEC_INLINE)
if (xfrm_offload(skb) && !ssi->gso_size)
@@ -1553,6 +1554,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t cxgb4_eth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
dev_err(adap->pdev_dev,
"%s: Tx ring %u full while queue awake!\n",
dev->name, qidx);
+ if (adap->ptp_tx_skb == skb) {
+ dev_kfree_skb_any(adap->ptp_tx_skb);
+ adap->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;
+ }
return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
}
@@ -1723,6 +1728,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t cxgb4_eth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
out_free:
+ if (adap->ptp_tx_skb == skb) {
+ dev_kfree_skb_any(adap->ptp_tx_skb);
+ adap->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;
+ }
dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-17 10:57 UTC|newest]
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2026-09-17 10:57 Wentao Liang [this message]
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