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net: altera-tse: fix skb leak on DMA mapping error in tse_start_xmit()
authorDavid Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Wed, 1 Apr 2026 21:12:18 +0000 (22:12 +0100)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Fri, 3 Apr 2026 01:25:23 +0000 (18:25 -0700)
commit6dede3967619b5944003227a5d09fdc21ed57d10
treec1cfe1037e85dff906c4087e1fd15cb8e842d3f6
parente9c9f084cd78a58e2331fbf83c3d5625fb86e33a
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 <devnexen@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260401211218.279185-1-devnexen@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c