[SRU][N][PATCH 1/1] be2net: fix potential memory leak in be_xmit()

Bethany Jamison bethany.jamison at canonical.com
Tue Mar 4 20:48:48 UTC 2025


From: Wang Hai <wanghai38 at huawei.com>

[ Upstream commit e4dd8bfe0f6a23acd305f9b892c00899089bd621 ]

The be_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb
in case of be_xmit_enqueue() fails, add dev_kfree_skb_any() to fix it.

Fixes: 760c295e0e8d ("be2net: Support for OS2BMC.")
Signed-off-by: Wang Hai <wanghai38 at huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms at kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil at broadcom.com>
Message-ID: <20241015144802.12150-1-wanghai38 at huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal at kernel.org>
(cherry picked from commit e86a79b804e26e3b7f1e415b22a085c0bb7ea3d3 linux-6.11.y)
CVE-2024-50167
Signed-off-by: Bethany Jamison <bethany.jamison at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index ad862ed7888ac..9d425ece33fd2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -1381,10 +1381,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t be_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	be_get_wrb_params_from_skb(adapter, skb, &wrb_params);
 
 	wrb_cnt = be_xmit_enqueue(adapter, txo, skb, &wrb_params);
-	if (unlikely(!wrb_cnt)) {
-		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-		goto drop;
-	}
+	if (unlikely(!wrb_cnt))
+		goto drop_skb;
 
 	/* if os2bmc is enabled and if the pkt is destined to bmc,
 	 * enqueue the pkt a 2nd time with mgmt bit set.
@@ -1393,7 +1391,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t be_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 		BE_WRB_F_SET(wrb_params.features, OS2BMC, 1);
 		wrb_cnt = be_xmit_enqueue(adapter, txo, skb, &wrb_params);
 		if (unlikely(!wrb_cnt))
-			goto drop;
+			goto drop_skb;
 		else
 			skb_get(skb);
 	}
@@ -1407,6 +1405,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t be_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 		be_xmit_flush(adapter, txo);
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+drop_skb:
+	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 drop:
 	tx_stats(txo)->tx_drv_drops++;
 	/* Flush the already enqueued tx requests */
-- 
2.43.0




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