netdev - Re: [PATCH net] r8169: fix potential skb double free in an error path

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Date:   Sat, 7 Nov 2020 12:13:15 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] r8169: fix potential skb double free in an error
 path

On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 15:28:42 +0100 Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> The caller of rtl8169_tso_csum_v2() frees the skb if false is returned.
> eth_skb_pad() internally frees the skb on error what would result in a
> double free. Therefore use __skb_put_padto() directly and instruct it
> to not free the skb on error.
> 
> Fixes: 25e992a4603c ("r8169: rename r8169.c to r8169_main.c")
> Reported-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
> ---
> The Fixes tag refers to the change from which on the patch applies.
> However it will apply with a little fuzz only on versions up to 5.9.

I think we've been over this, please provide real fixes tags, pointing
to where bugs were introduced. I swapped the tag for:

Fixes: b423e9ae49d7 ("r8169: fix offloaded tx checksum for small packets.")

and applied, thanks.