[PATCH v1 1/1] wifi: mt76: mt792x: Fix memory leak in SDIO TX path
Eason Lai
eason.lai at mediatek.com
Thu Jul 2 17:59:45 PDT 2026
From: Eason Lai <Eason.Lai at mediatek.com>
When tx_prepare_skb() returns an error in the SDIO TX path, the
skb is not freed, leading to a memory leak. This can occur when
zero-length frames (such as WNM NULL frames) are dropped to prevent
potential hardware TX hangs.
Fix this by properly releasing the skb with ieee80211_tx_status_ext()
when tx_prepare_skb() fails.
Fixes: b747fa343817 ("mt76: mt7915: drop zero-length packet to avoid Tx hang")
Signed-off-by: Eason Lai <Eason.Lai at mediatek.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/sdio.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/sdio.c
index 8bae77c761be..ba5f123f7e39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/sdio.c
@@ -519,6 +519,10 @@ mt76s_tx_queue_skb(struct mt76_phy *phy, struct mt76_queue *q,
enum mt76_txq_id qid, struct sk_buff *skb,
struct mt76_wcid *wcid, struct ieee80211_sta *sta)
{
+ struct ieee80211_tx_status status = {
+ .sta = sta,
+ };
+
struct mt76_tx_info tx_info = {
.skb = skb,
};
@@ -531,8 +535,13 @@ mt76s_tx_queue_skb(struct mt76_phy *phy, struct mt76_queue *q,
skb->prev = skb->next = NULL;
err = dev->drv->tx_prepare_skb(dev, NULL, qid, wcid, sta, &tx_info);
- if (err < 0)
+ if (err < 0) {
+ status.skb = tx_info.skb;
+ spin_lock_bh(&dev->rx_lock);
+ ieee80211_tx_status_ext(dev->hw, &status);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&dev->rx_lock);
return err;
+ }
q->entry[q->head].skb = tx_info.skb;
q->entry[q->head].buf_sz = len;
--
2.45.2
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