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nfc: nci: free skb on nci_transceive early error paths
authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Tue, 3 Mar 2026 16:23:41 +0000 (08:23 -0800)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Thu, 5 Mar 2026 02:14:29 +0000 (18:14 -0800)
nci_transceive() takes ownership of the skb passed by the caller,
but the -EPROTO, -EINVAL, and -EBUSY error paths return without
freeing it.

Due to issues clearing NCI_DATA_EXCHANGE fixed by subsequent changes
the nci/nci_dev selftest hits the error path occasionally in NIPA,
and kmemleak detects leaks:

unreferenced object 0xff11000015ce6a40 (size 640):
  comm "nci_dev", pid 3954, jiffies 4295441246
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    6b 6b 6b 6b 00 a4 00 0c 02 e1 03 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b  kkkk.......kkkkk
    6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b  kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
  backtrace (crc 7c40cc2a):
    kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x492/0x630
    __alloc_skb+0x11e/0x5f0
    alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc6/0x8f0
    sock_alloc_send_pskb+0x326/0x3f0
    nfc_alloc_send_skb+0x94/0x1d0
    rawsock_sendmsg+0x162/0x4c0
    do_syscall_64+0x117/0xfc0

Fixes: 6a2968aaf50c ("NFC: basic NCI protocol implementation")
Reviewed-by: Joe Damato <joe@dama.to>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260303162346.2071888-2-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net/nfc/nci/core.c

index e95eef85971fa2dc9b97b9a6c1808bc8222fe5fd..e859b834c0f1d0ef96cf080fc70e6bfb418a3fe1 100644 (file)
@@ -1035,18 +1035,23 @@ static int nci_transceive(struct nfc_dev *nfc_dev, struct nfc_target *target,
        struct nci_conn_info *conn_info;
 
        conn_info = ndev->rf_conn_info;
-       if (!conn_info)
+       if (!conn_info) {
+               kfree_skb(skb);
                return -EPROTO;
+       }
 
        pr_debug("target_idx %d, len %d\n", target->idx, skb->len);
 
        if (!ndev->target_active_prot) {
                pr_err("unable to exchange data, no active target\n");
+               kfree_skb(skb);
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       if (test_and_set_bit(NCI_DATA_EXCHANGE, &ndev->flags))
+       if (test_and_set_bit(NCI_DATA_EXCHANGE, &ndev->flags)) {
+               kfree_skb(skb);
                return -EBUSY;
+       }
 
        /* store cb and context to be used on receiving data */
        conn_info->data_exchange_cb = cb;