Takeshi Misawa <jeantsuru.cumc.mandola@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Timeout occurs in htc_connect_service(), then this function returns > without freeing skb. > > Fix this by going to err path. > > syzbot report: > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=fbf138952d6c1115ba7d797cf7d56f6935184e3f > BUG: memory leak > unreferenced object 0xffff88810a980800 (size 240): > comm "kworker/1:1", pid 24, jiffies 4294947427 (age 16.220s) > hex dump (first 32 bytes): > 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ > 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ > backtrace: > [<ffffffff83b971c6>] __alloc_skb+0x206/0x270 net/core/skbuff.c:552 > [<ffffffff82eb3731>] alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1270 [inline] > [<ffffffff82eb3731>] htc_connect_service+0x121/0x230 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:259 > [<ffffffff82ec03a5>] ath9k_htc_connect_svc drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c:137 [inline] > [<ffffffff82ec03a5>] ath9k_init_htc_services.constprop.0+0xe5/0x390 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c:157 > [<ffffffff82ec0747>] ath9k_htc_probe_device+0xf7/0x8a0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c:959 > [<ffffffff82eb3ef5>] ath9k_htc_hw_init+0x35/0x60 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:521 > [<ffffffff82eb68dd>] ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb+0xcd/0x1f0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1243 > [<ffffffff82aa835b>] request_firmware_work_func+0x4b/0x90 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1107 > [<ffffffff8129a35a>] process_one_work+0x2ba/0x5f0 kernel/workqueue.c:2289 > [<ffffffff8129ac7d>] worker_thread+0x5d/0x5b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2436 > [<ffffffff812a4fa9>] kthread+0x129/0x170 kernel/kthread.c:376 > [<ffffffff81002dcf>] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:308 > > Fixes: fb9987d0f748 ("ath9k_htc: Support for AR9271 chipset.") > Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+b68fbebe56d8362907e8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Takeshi Misawa <jeantsuru.cumc.mandola@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) The title should begin with "wifi: ath9k:", see more info from the wiki link below. Also ath9k patches go to ath-next, not to the net tree. -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
