Re: [PATCH 2/4] wan/hdlc_x25: fix skb handling

From: Martin Schiller
Date: Fri Apr 05 2019 - 02:56:49 EST


On 2019-04-05 02:32, David Miller wrote:
From: Martin Schiller <ms@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 07:01:16 +0200

/* X.25 to LAPB */
switch (skb->data[0]) {
case X25_IFACE_DATA: /* Data to be transmitted */
- skb_pull(skb, 1);
- if ((result = lapb_data_request(dev, skb)) != LAPB_OK)
- dev_kfree_skb(skb);
- return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+ skbn = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ skb_pull(skbn, 1);
+ skb_reset_network_header(skbn);
+ if ((result = lapb_data_request(dev, skbn)) != LAPB_OK)
+ dev_kfree_skb(skbn);

This leaks 'skb'.

What exactly do you mean?
'skb' will get freed at the end of x25_xmit() function:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_x25.c#n129


No way I'm applying this stuff.