From e935c37b8a94bb256fada6395a5d05e1c0c6bdaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kohei Enju Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 11:24:16 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] igc: fix potential skb leak in igc_fpe_xmit_smd_frame() When igc_fpe_init_tx_descriptor() fails, no one takes care of an allocated skb, leaking it. [1] Use dev_kfree_skb_any() on failure. Tested on an I226 adapter with the following command, while injecting faults in igc_fpe_init_tx_descriptor() to trigger the error path. # ethtool --set-mm $DEV verify-enabled on tx-enabled on pmac-enabled on [1] unreferenced object 0xffff888113c6cdc0 (size 224): ... backtrace (crc be3d3fda): kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x3b1/0x410 __alloc_skb+0xde/0x830 igc_fpe_xmit_smd_frame.isra.0+0xad/0x1b0 igc_fpe_send_mpacket+0x37/0x90 ethtool_mmsv_verify_timer+0x15e/0x300 Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 5422570c0010 ("igc: add support for frame preemption verification") Signed-off-by: Kohei Enju Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Reviewed-by: Faizal Rahim Tested-by: Avigail Dahan Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260515182419.1597859-10-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_tsn.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_tsn.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_tsn.c index 725ba253165c..52de2bcbadbe 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_tsn.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_tsn.c @@ -110,10 +110,16 @@ static int igc_fpe_xmit_smd_frame(struct igc_adapter *adapter, __netif_tx_lock(nq, cpu); err = igc_fpe_init_tx_descriptor(ring, skb, type); + if (err) + goto err_free_skb_any; + igc_flush_tx_descriptors(ring); - __netif_tx_unlock(nq); + return 0; +err_free_skb_any: + __netif_tx_unlock(nq); + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); return err; }