Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2020-09-18
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[PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 208/330] brcmfmac: Fix double freeing in the fmac usb data path

From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Date: 2020-09-18 03:01:09
Also in: linux-wireless, lkml, stable
Subsystem: broadcom brcm80211 ieee802.11 wireless drivers, the rest · Maintainers: Arend van Spriel, Linus Torvalds

From: Raveendran Somu <redacted>

[ Upstream commit 78179869dc3f5c0059bbf5d931a2717f1ad97ecd ]

When the brcmf_fws_process_skb() fails to get hanger slot for
queuing the skb, it tries to free the skb.
But the caller brcmf_netdev_start_xmit() of that funciton frees
the packet on error return value.
This causes the double freeing and which caused the kernel crash.

Signed-off-by: Raveendran Somu <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Chi-hsien Lin <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <redacted>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1585124429-97371-3-git-send-email-chi-hsien.lin@cypress.com (local)
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c
index eadc64454839d..3d36b6ee158bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c
@@ -2149,8 +2149,7 @@ int brcmf_fws_process_skb(struct brcmf_if *ifp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		brcmf_fws_enq(fws, BRCMF_FWS_SKBSTATE_DELAYED, fifo, skb);
 		brcmf_fws_schedule_deq(fws);
 	} else {
-		bphy_err(drvr, "drop skb: no hanger slot\n");
-		brcmf_txfinalize(ifp, skb, false);
+		bphy_err(drvr, "no hanger slot available\n");
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	brcmf_fws_unlock(fws);
-- 
2.25.1
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