From 6f97532ef05e49f1998a09f8359b83d00a7b3229 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: stephen hemminger Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 14:24:27 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] fm10k: fix memory leak This was detected by Coverity. The function skb_cow_head leaves skb alone on failure, so caller needs to free. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_netdev.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_netdev.c index 639263d5e833..7781e80896a6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_netdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_netdev.c @@ -627,8 +627,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t fm10k_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) /* verify the skb head is not shared */ err = skb_cow_head(skb, 0); - if (err) + if (err) { + dev_kfree_skb(skb); return NETDEV_TX_OK; + } /* locate vlan header */ vhdr = (struct vlan_hdr *)(skb->data + ETH_HLEN); -- 2.20.1