Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: altera-tse: fix skb leak on DMA mapping error in tse_start_xmit() When dma_map_single() fails in tse_start_xmit(), the function returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing the skb. Since NETDEV_TX_OK tells the stack the packet was consumed, the skb is never freed, leaking memory on every DMA mapping failure. Add dev_kfree_skb_any() before returning to properly free the skb.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References10
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2eb9d67704ca8f1101f7435b85f113ede471f9f2 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3aca300e88afe56afb000cdc4c65383014fb17f9 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/60f462cd2716d86bd2174f9d5e035c9278f30480 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dede3967619b5944003227a5d09fdc21ed57d10 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f3ec44aeb58501d11834048d5d0dbaeacb6d4e7 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae2cd46f57f422b51aedd406ff5d75cbff401d5d Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb1d318702fdf643061350d164250198df4116f2 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5ec406f0543bd6cdfd563b08015fdec8c4d5712 Patch
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 2 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-401
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