netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] net: ethernet: aeroflex: fix potential memory leak in greth_start_xmit

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Message-ID: <20241015100127.1af51330@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:01:27 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Wang Hai <wanghai38@...wei.com>
Cc: <andreas@...sler.com>, <gerhard@...leder-embedded.com>,
 <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 <zhangxiaoxu5@...wei.com>, <kristoffer@...sler.com>,
 <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] net: ethernet: aeroflex: fix potential memory
 leak in greth_start_xmit_gbit()

On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 19:04:34 +0800 Wang Hai wrote:
> The greth_start_xmit_gbit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb
> in case of skb->len being too long, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it.
> 
> Fixes: d4c41139df6e ("net: Add Aeroflex Gaisler 10/100/1G Ethernet MAC driver")

The fixes tag is incorrect. Please pay more careful attention.
Just running git blame on the code you're touching is not enough.
To save everyone time I will fix this when applying.