From b7bc9679e4dffe1b5ab75b4ea19e410b7253fa38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Greear Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 14:22:18 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211_hwsim: fix memory leak on netlink TX failure If the packet can't be delivered to userspace (at all or quickly enough) then it can leak - fix that. Signed-off-by: Ben Greear [rewrite commit message] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c index babbdc1ce741..a74227d8a485 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c @@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ static void mac80211_hwsim_tx_frame_nl(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, if (skb_queue_len(&data->pending) >= MAX_QUEUE) { /* Droping until WARN_QUEUE level */ while (skb_queue_len(&data->pending) >= WARN_QUEUE) - skb_dequeue(&data->pending); + ieee80211_free_txskb(hw, skb_dequeue(&data->pending)); } skb = genlmsg_new(GENLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC); @@ -921,6 +921,7 @@ static void mac80211_hwsim_tx_frame_nl(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, nla_put_failure: printk(KERN_DEBUG "mac80211_hwsim: error occurred in %s\n", __func__); + ieee80211_free_txskb(hw, my_skb); } static bool hwsim_chans_compat(struct ieee80211_channel *c1, -- 2.20.1