linux-kernel - Re: memory leakage in ncm_wrap_ntb() in USB ncm mode with kernel 5.15

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Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 20:21:59 +0200
From: gregkh <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: "nanfengwq@...a.com" <nanfengwq@...a.com>
Cc: balbi <balbi@...nel.org>, linux-usb <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: memory leakage in ncm_wrap_ntb() in USB ncm mode with kernel 5.15

On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 10:32:21PM +0800, nanfengwq@...a.com wrote:
> hello:
>        In embedded devices with relatively small memory, if the transfer speed of ncm is fast and other programs occupy CPU memory, it is likely that the return value ncm ->skd_tx_data of alloc_skb() is NULL, and the code is likely to enter err. If skb2 is not processed in err, it will cause memory leakage.

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greg k-h