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net: hns3: fix a use after free problem in hns3_nic_maybe_stop_tx()
Currently, hns3_nic_maybe_stop_tx() uses skb_copy() to linearize a SKB if the BD num required by the SKB does not meet the hardware limitation, and it linearizes the SKB by allocating a new linearized SKB and freeing the old SKB, if hns3_nic_maybe_stop_tx() returns -EBUSY because there are no enough space in the ring to send the linearized skb to hardware, the sch_direct_xmit() still hold reference to old SKB and try to retransmit the old SKB when dev_hard_start_xmit() return TX_BUSY, which may cause use after freed problem. This patch fixes it by using __skb_linearize() to linearize the SKB in hns3_nic_maybe_stop_tx(). Fixes: 51e8439 ("net: hns3: add 8 BD limit for tx flow") Signed-off-by: Yunsheng Lin <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Huazhong Tan <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
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