| Message ID | 20250403092431.514063-1-tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Delegated to: | Netdev Maintainers |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [net] tipc: fix memory leak in tipc_link_xmit | expand |
diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c index 50c2e0846ea4..18be6ff4c3db 100644 --- a/net/tipc/link.c +++ b/net/tipc/link.c @@ -1046,6 +1046,7 @@ int tipc_link_xmit(struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff_head *list, if (unlikely(l->backlog[imp].len >= l->backlog[imp].limit)) { if (imp == TIPC_SYSTEM_IMPORTANCE) { pr_warn("%s<%s>, link overflow", link_rst_msg, l->name); + __skb_queue_purge(list); return -ENOBUFS; } rc = link_schedule_user(l, hdr);
In case the backlog transmit queue for system-importance messages is overloaded, tipc_link_xmit() returns -ENOBUFS but the skb list is not purged. This leads to memory leak and failure when a skb is allocated. This commit fixes this issue by purging the skb list before tipc_link_xmit() returns. Fixes: 365ad353c256 ("tipc: reduce risk of user starvation during link congestion") Signed-off-by: Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech> --- net/tipc/link.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)