[PATCH] can: dev: can_put_echo_skb(): free skb on invalid echo index

Cunhao Lu <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:03:12 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-can,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.stable
Message-ID <[email protected]>
can_put_echo_skb() consumes the skb on all paths except when the echo index
is out of bounds. This leaves ownership with the caller on -EINVAL, unlike
the other error paths, and can leak the skb if the caller expects
consistent semantics.

Free the skb before returning -EINVAL so that all return paths consume it.

Fixes: 6411959c10fe ("can: dev: can_put_echo_skb(): don't crash kernel if can_priv::echo_skb is accessed out of bounds")
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Cunhao Lu <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
index 95fcdc1026f8..44ebeba99837 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ int can_put_echo_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (idx >= priv->echo_skb_max) {
 		netdev_err(dev, "%s: BUG! Trying to access can_priv::echo_skb out of bounds (%u/max %u)\n",
 			   __func__, idx, priv->echo_skb_max);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 

---
base-commit: 11028ab62899e4191e074ee364c712b77823a9c4
change-id: 20260730-master-abf3e4067e47

Best regards,
--  
Cunhao Lu <[email protected]>