Re: [PATCH net] net: fix frag_list leak in skb_segment_list() error path

[Wang Zhan <wang.zhan@smartx.com>]

On Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:18:58 +0200 Eric Dumazet wrote:
> skb_segment_list() detaches the frag_list from the head skb and moves
> its members one by one to the skb->next chain. On error, err_linearize
> frees that chain with kfree_skb_list(skb->next), relying on the members
> not yet processed to still be linked after the current one.
>
> This does not hold when the current member was shared: it is replaced
> by skb_clone(), and __skb_clone() clears ->next. If __skb_linearize()
> then fails on that clone, the remaining members are no longer reachable
> from skb->next nor from skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list, and they leak.
>
> The skb_shared() error branch already relinks nskb->next to list_skb
> before jumping to err_linearize. Do it unconditionally right after nskb
> is added to the chain, so every error exit sees the remaining members.
> On the last member list_skb is NULL, which still terminates the chain.
>
> Fixes: 53475c5dd856 ("net: fix use-after-free when UDP GRO with shared fraglist")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>
> Cc: Simon Polack <spolack+git@mailbox.org>

Reviewed-by: Wang Zhan <wang.zhan@smartx.com>