From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@toke.dk>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath9k: free clone buffer on fi->bf overwrite in ath_tx_setup_buffer
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 14:23:57 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260904212357.85611-1-rosenp@gmail.com> (raw)
ath_clone_txbuf allocates an ath_buf for the last stale subframe of an
A-MPDU and stores it in fi->bf. On retransmission, ath_tx_setup_buffer
overwrites fi->bf with the newly allocated buffer without freeing the
clone, leaking one ath_buf per aggregate retry that enters the clone
path.
Clear the clone's references and return it to the free pool before
overwriting fi->bf.
Assisted-by: opencode:big-pickle
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
index 89930eaf1fd3..b12eb878d5e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -2264,6 +2264,11 @@ static struct ath_buf *ath_tx_setup_buffer(struct ath_softc *sc,
return NULL;
}
+ if (fi->bf) {
+ fi->bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
+ fi->bf->bf_buf_addr = 0;
+ ath_tx_return_buffer(sc, fi->bf);
+ }
fi->bf = bf;
return bf;
--
2.55.0
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