[Devel] [PATCH rh7] veth: fix skb leak in veth_xmit

Vladimir Davydov vdavydov at parallels.com
Tue Jun 30 01:54:39 PDT 2015


If ndo_start_xmit returns NETDEV_TX_OK, it must take care of the packet
by itself. That means, if veth_xmit drops a packet, it must free it, but
currently it does not. This results in skb leak. Fix it.

Fixes: 69a0d2fdb4efd ("ve/veth: filter packages accoding with mac addresses")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov at parallels.com>
---
 drivers/net/veth.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 1d851749500d..99afacc12785 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -151,8 +151,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t veth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 
 
-	if (dev->features & NETIF_F_VENET && !vzethdev_filter(skb, dev, rcv))
+	if (dev->features & NETIF_F_VENET && !vzethdev_filter(skb, dev, rcv)) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		goto drop;
+	}
 
 	if (likely(dev_forward_skb(rcv, skb) == NET_RX_SUCCESS)) {
 		struct pcpu_vstats *stats = this_cpu_ptr(dev->vstats);
-- 
2.1.4




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