2020-03-13 10:52:53

by Chi-Hsien Lin

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Subject: [PATCH V2 2/6] brcmfmac: Fix double freeing in the fmac usb data path

From: Raveendran Somu <[email protected]>

When the brcmf_fws_process_skb() fails to get hanger slot for
queuing the skb, it tries to free the skb.
But the caller brcmf_netdev_start_xmit() of that funciton frees
the packet on error return value.
This causes the double freeing and which caused the kernel crash.

Signed-off-by: Raveendran Somu <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Chi-hsien Lin <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c
index 5e1a11c07551..10022c765354 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c
@@ -2145,8 +2145,7 @@ int brcmf_fws_process_skb(struct brcmf_if *ifp, struct sk_buff *skb)
brcmf_fws_enq(fws, BRCMF_FWS_SKBSTATE_DELAYED, fifo, skb);
brcmf_fws_schedule_deq(fws);
} else {
- bphy_err(drvr, "drop skb: no hanger slot\n");
- brcmf_txfinalize(ifp, skb, false);
+ bphy_err(drvr, "no hanger slot available\n");
rc = -ENOMEM;
}
brcmf_fws_unlock(fws);
--
2.1.0