From 6dede3967619b5944003227a5d09fdc21ed57d10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Carlier Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 22:12:18 +0100 Subject: net: altera-tse: fix skb leak on DMA mapping error in tse_start_xmit() When dma_map_single() fails in tse_start_xmit(), the function returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing the skb. Since NETDEV_TX_OK tells the stack the packet was consumed, the skb is never freed, leaking memory on every DMA mapping failure. Add dev_kfree_skb_any() before returning to properly free the skb. Fixes: bbd2190ce96d ("Altera TSE: Add main and header file for Altera Ethernet Driver") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: David Carlier Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260401211218.279185-1-devnexen@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c index 4342e2d026f8..9eed0be4411e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c @@ -570,6 +570,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t tse_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) DMA_TO_DEVICE); if (dma_mapping_error(priv->device, dma_addr)) { netdev_err(priv->dev, "%s: DMA mapping error\n", __func__); + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); ret = NETDEV_TX_OK; goto out; } -- cgit v1.2.3