[PATCH AUTOSEL 4.14 090/127] staging:r8188eu: avoid skb_clone for amsdu to msdu conversion

Sasha Levin sashal at kernel.org
Fri Sep 18 02:11:43 UTC 2020


From: Ivan Safonov <insafonov at gmail.com>

[ Upstream commit 628cbd971a927abe6388d44320e351c337b331e4 ]

skb clones use same data buffer,
so tail of one skb is corrupted by beginning of next skb.

Signed-off-by: Ivan Safonov <insafonov at gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200423191404.12028-1-insafonov@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal at kernel.org>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c | 19 ++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
index afb9dadc1cfe9..77685bae21eda 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
@@ -1541,21 +1541,14 @@ static int amsdu_to_msdu(struct adapter *padapter, struct recv_frame *prframe)
 
 		/* Allocate new skb for releasing to upper layer */
 		sub_skb = dev_alloc_skb(nSubframe_Length + 12);
-		if (sub_skb) {
-			skb_reserve(sub_skb, 12);
-			skb_put_data(sub_skb, pdata, nSubframe_Length);
-		} else {
-			sub_skb = skb_clone(prframe->pkt, GFP_ATOMIC);
-			if (sub_skb) {
-				sub_skb->data = pdata;
-				sub_skb->len = nSubframe_Length;
-				skb_set_tail_pointer(sub_skb, nSubframe_Length);
-			} else {
-				DBG_88E("skb_clone() Fail!!! , nr_subframes=%d\n", nr_subframes);
-				break;
-			}
+		if (!sub_skb) {
+			DBG_88E("dev_alloc_skb() Fail!!! , nr_subframes=%d\n", nr_subframes);
+			break;
 		}
 
+		skb_reserve(sub_skb, 12);
+		skb_put_data(sub_skb, pdata, nSubframe_Length);
+
 		subframes[nr_subframes++] = sub_skb;
 
 		if (nr_subframes >= MAX_SUBFRAME_COUNT) {
-- 
2.25.1



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