net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: fix memleak in certain XDP cases
If the XDP program doesn't result in XDP_PASS then we leak the
memory allocated by am65_cpsw_build_skb().
It is pointless to allocate SKB memory before running the XDP
program as we would be wasting CPU cycles for cases other than XDP_PASS.
Move the SKB allocation after evaluating the XDP program result.
This fixes the memleak. A performance boost is seen for XDP_DROP test.
XDP_DROP test:
Before: 460256 rx/s 0 err/s
After: 784130 rx/s 0 err/s
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Solution
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Workaround
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Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000
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CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Weaknesses | CWE-401 |
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cvssV3_1
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Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: fix memleak in certain XDP cases If the XDP program doesn't result in XDP_PASS then we leak the memory allocated by am65_cpsw_build_skb(). It is pointless to allocate SKB memory before running the XDP program as we would be wasting CPU cycles for cases other than XDP_PASS. Move the SKB allocation after evaluating the XDP program result. This fixes the memleak. A performance boost is seen for XDP_DROP test. XDP_DROP test: Before: 460256 rx/s 0 err/s After: 784130 rx/s 0 err/s | |
Title | net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: fix memleak in certain XDP cases | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-10-01T19:36:39.866Z
Reserved: 2024-12-29T08:45:45.766Z
Link: CVE-2025-21788

Updated: 2025-10-01T16:56:18.109Z

Status : Modified
Published: 2025-02-27T03:15:19.663
Modified: 2025-10-01T20:18:25.547
Link: CVE-2025-21788


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