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Message-ID: <20241029150137.20dc8aab@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:01:37 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Stefan Wahren <wahrenst@....net>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S. Miller"
<davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni
<pabeni@...hat.com>, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
stable@...r.kernel.org, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: vertexcom: mse102x: Fix possible double free
of TX skb
On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 22:15:15 +0100 Stefan Wahren wrote:
> > Isn't it easier to change this function to free the copy rather than
> > the original? That way the original will remain valid for the callers.
> You mean something like this?
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c
> index a04d4073def9..2c37957478fb 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c
> @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static int mse102x_tx_frame_spi(struct mse102x_net
> *mse, struct sk_buff *txp,
> struct mse102x_net_spi *mses = to_mse102x_spi(mse);
> struct spi_transfer *xfer = &mses->spi_xfer;
> struct spi_message *msg = &mses->spi_msg;
> - struct sk_buff *tskb;
> + struct sk_buff *tskb = NULL;
> int ret;
>
> netif_dbg(mse, tx_queued, mse->ndev, "%s: skb %p, %d@%p\n",
> @@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ static int mse102x_tx_frame_spi(struct mse102x_net
> *mse, struct sk_buff *txp,
> if (!tskb)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> - dev_kfree_skb(txp);
> txp = tskb;
> }
>
> @@ -257,6 +256,8 @@ static int mse102x_tx_frame_spi(struct mse102x_net
> *mse, struct sk_buff *txp,
> mse->stats.xfer_err++;
> }
>
> + dev_kfree_skb(tskb);
> +
> return ret;
> }
Exactly, I think it would work and it feels simpler.
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