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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)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:35:58 +0000 (10:35 +0200)
commitd5ec406f0543bd6cdfd563b08015fdec8c4d5712
treedb7a1b9aa2e670202ad38911a0da4d842f25b4bc
parent02f3ecadb23558bbe068e6504118f1b712d4ece0
net: altera-tse: fix skb leak on DMA mapping error in tse_start_xmit()

commit 6dede3967619b5944003227a5d09fdc21ed57d10 upstream.

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>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c