From: Xuanqiang Luo <xuanqiang.luo@linux.dev>
To: linux-wpan@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
alex.aring@gmail.com, stefan@datenfreihafen.org,
miquel.raynal@bootlin.com, david.girault@qorvo.com,
davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH net v1] mac802154: avoid extra skb references in RX queues
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2026 14:15:23 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260905061524.91223-1-xuanqiang.luo@linux.dev> (raw)
From: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@kylinos.cn>
__ieee802154_rx_handle_packet() passes each cloned skb to
ieee802154_subif_frame() and does not release it after the call. The
callee consumes the skb on every path: it either frees it, hands it to
the networking stack, or stores it in a queued RX descriptor.
The beacon and MAC command paths nevertheless call skb_get() before
storing the skb. The worker drops only that additional reference, leaving
the original clone reference without an owner and leaking every queued
skb.
kmemleak report:
unreferenced object 0xffff0000c1fcd480 (size 232):
comm "softirq", pid 0, jiffies 4295683396
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 60 fd d4 00 00 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .`..............
backtrace (crc ee03f6a1):
kmemleak_alloc+0xcc/0xf8
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x240/0x418
skb_clone+0x60/0xe0
ieee802154_rx+0x19c/0x280 [mac802154]
ieee802154_tasklet_handler+0xa8/0xb8 [mac802154]
tasklet_action_common+0x148/0x528
tasklet_action+0x38/0x50
handle_softirqs+0x10c/0x450
__do_softirq+0x1c/0x28
Transfer the existing skb reference to the descriptor instead of taking
another one.
Fixes: 57588c71177f ("mac802154: Handle passive scanning")
Fixes: d021d218f6d9 ("mac802154: Handle received BEACON_REQ")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@kylinos.cn>
---
net/mac802154/rx.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac802154/rx.c b/net/mac802154/rx.c
index 19b5382e85a84..ad602d222e861 100644
--- a/net/mac802154/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac802154/rx.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ ieee802154_subif_frame(struct ieee802154_sub_if_data *sdata,
if (!mac_pkt)
goto fail;
- mac_pkt->skb = skb_get(skb);
+ mac_pkt->skb = skb;
mac_pkt->sdata = sdata;
mac_pkt->page = sdata->local->scan_page;
mac_pkt->channel = sdata->local->scan_channel;
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ ieee802154_subif_frame(struct ieee802154_sub_if_data *sdata,
if (!mac_pkt)
goto fail;
- mac_pkt->skb = skb_get(skb);
+ mac_pkt->skb = skb;
mac_pkt->sdata = sdata;
netdev_hold(sdata->dev, &mac_pkt->dev_tracker, GFP_ATOMIC);
spin_lock(&sdata->local->rx_lock);
--
2.43.0
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