When Ethernet frames span mulitple URBs, the netdev buffer memory
pointed to by the asix_rx_fixup_info structure remains allocated
during the time gap between the 2 executions of asix_rx_fixup_internal().
This means that if ax88772_unbind() is called within this time
gap to free the memory of the parent private data structure then
a memory leak of the part filled netdev buffer memory will occur.
Therefore, create a new function asix_rx_fixup_common_free() to
free the memory of the netdev buffer and add a call to
asix_rx_fixup_common_free() from inside ax88772_unbind().
Consequently when an unbind occurs part way through receiving
an Ethernet frame, the netdev buffer memory that is holding part
of the received Ethernet frame will now be freed.
Signed-off-by: Dean Jenkins <dean_jenk...@mentor.com>
---
drivers/net/usb/asix.h | 1 +
drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix.h b/drivers/net/usb/asix.h
index d109242..9a4171b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/asix.h
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix.h
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ void asix_write_cmd_async(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u16
value,
int asix_rx_fixup_internal(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
struct asix_rx_fixup_info *rx);
int asix_rx_fixup_common(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb);
+void asix_rx_fixup_common_free(struct asix_common_private *dp);
struct sk_buff *asix_tx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
gfp_t flags);
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c b/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c
index fda74f3..522d290 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c
@@ -210,6 +210,21 @@ int asix_rx_fixup_common(struct usbnet *dev, struct
sk_buff *skb)
return asix_rx_fixup_internal(dev, skb, rx);
}
+void asix_rx_fixup_common_free(struct asix_common_private *dp)
+{
+ struct asix_rx_fixup_info *rx;
+
+ if (!dp)
+ return;
+
+ rx = &dp->rx_fixup_info;
+
+ if (rx->ax_skb) {
+ kfree_skb(rx->ax_skb);
+ rx->ax_skb = NULL;
+ }
+}
+
struct sk_buff *asix_tx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
gfp_t flags)
{
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
index a3aa0a2..b2ff88e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ static int ax88772_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct
usb_interface *intf)
static void ax88772_unbind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
{
+ asix_rx_fixup_common_free(dev->driver_priv);
kfree(dev->driver_priv);
}
--
2.7.4
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