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linux/net/tipc/link.c
Tung Nguyen 7c5957f790 tipc: fix memory leak in tipc_link_xmit
[ Upstream commit 69ae94725f ]

In case the backlog transmit queue for system-importance messages is overloaded,
tipc_link_xmit() returns -ENOBUFS but the skb list is not purged. This leads to
memory leak and failure when a skb is allocated.

This commit fixes this issue by purging the skb list before tipc_link_xmit()
returns.

Fixes: 365ad353c2 ("tipc: reduce risk of user starvation during link congestion")
Signed-off-by: Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250403092431.514063-1-tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2025-04-20 10:15:06 +02:00

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