From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:60144 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753174AbcKYJvY (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Nov 2016 04:51:24 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [1/7] rtl8xxxu: Fix memory leak in handling rxdesc16 packets From: Kalle Valo In-Reply-To: <1479505468-29383-2-git-send-email-Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> References: <1479505468-29383-2-git-send-email-Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> To: Jes Sorensen Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net, Jes Sorensen Message-Id: <20161125095123.B271E61271@smtp.codeaurora.org> (sfid-20161125_105146_089023_301024E7) Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:51:23 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Jes Sorensen wrote: > From: Jes Sorensen > > A device running without RX package aggregation could return more data > in the USB packet than the actual network packet. In this case the > could would clone the skb but then determine that that there was no > packet to handle and exit without freeing the cloned skb first. > > This has so far only been observed with 8188eu devices, but could > affect others. > > Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen 7 patches applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks. a0aba89763f8 rtl8xxxu: Fix memory leak in handling rxdesc16 packets cf7cfef06462 rtl8xxxu: Fix big-endian problem reporting mactime b9af93551127 rtl8xxxu: Fix rtl8723bu driver reload issue 5d03f882c2fc rtl8xxxu: Fix rtl8192eu driver reload issue a748a11038f8 rtl8xxxu: Obtain RTS rates from mac80211 b4c3d9cfb607 rtl8xxxu: Pass tx_info to fill_txdesc in order to have access to retry count 13e1349aff82 rtl8xxxu: Fix non static symbol warning -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9437419/ Documentation about submitting wireless patches and checking status from patchwork: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches