commit: 88ed2a60610974443335c924d7cb8e5dcf9dbdc1
From: Russ Gorby <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:45:30 +0100
Subject: n_gsm: memory leak in uplink error path

Uplink (TX) network data will go through gsm_dlci_data_output_framed
there is a bug where if memory allocation fails, the skb which
has already been pulled off the list will be lost.

In addition TX skbs were being processed in LIFO order

Fixed the memory leak, and changed to FIFO order processing

Signed-off-by: Russ Gorby <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Kappel, LaurentX <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <[email protected]>
Cc: Showjumping <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/tty/n_gsm.c |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
index a8c82f5..3e210a4 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ static int gsm_dlci_data_output_framed(struct gsm_mux *gsm,
 
        /* dlci->skb is locked by tx_lock */
        if (dlci->skb == NULL) {
-               dlci->skb = skb_dequeue(&dlci->skb_list);
+               dlci->skb = skb_dequeue_tail(&dlci->skb_list);
                if (dlci->skb == NULL)
                        return 0;
                first = 1;
@@ -892,8 +892,11 @@ static int gsm_dlci_data_output_framed(struct gsm_mux *gsm,
 
        /* FIXME: need a timer or something to kick this so it can't
           get stuck with no work outstanding and no buffer free */
-       if (msg == NULL)
+       if (msg == NULL) {
+               skb_queue_tail(&dlci->skb_list, dlci->skb);
+               dlci->skb = NULL;
                return -ENOMEM;
+       }
        dp = msg->data;
 
        if (dlci->adaption == 4) { /* Interruptible framed (Packetised Data) */
-- 
1.7.3.4
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