netdev - [PATCH net] tipc: fix memory leak in tipc_link

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Message-Id: <20250403092431.514063-1-tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
Date: Thu,  3 Apr 2025 09:24:31 +0000
From: Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@....tech>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: davem@...emloft.net,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	jmaloy@...hat.com,
	Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@....tech>
Subject: [PATCH net] tipc: fix memory leak in tipc_link_xmit

In case the backlog transmit queue for system-importance messages is overloaded,
tipc_link_xmit() returns -ENOBUFS but the skb list is not purged. This leads to
memory leak and failure when a skb is allocated.

This commit fixes this issue by purging the skb list before tipc_link_xmit()
returns.

Fixes: 365ad353c256 ("tipc: reduce risk of user starvation during link congestion")
Signed-off-by: Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@....tech>
---
 net/tipc/link.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index 50c2e0846ea4..18be6ff4c3db 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -1046,6 +1046,7 @@ int tipc_link_xmit(struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff_head *list,
 	if (unlikely(l->backlog[imp].len >= l->backlog[imp].limit)) {
 		if (imp == TIPC_SYSTEM_IMPORTANCE) {
 			pr_warn("%s<%s>, link overflow", link_rst_msg, l->name);
+			__skb_queue_purge(list);
 			return -ENOBUFS;
 		}
 		rc = link_schedule_user(l, hdr);
-- 
2.34.1