Commit 98d4f92
wifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in ath12k_wifi7_dp_rx_h_verify_tkip_mic()
In ath12k_wifi7_dp_rx_h_verify_tkip_mic(), the call to
ath12k_dp_rx_check_nwifi_hdr_len_valid() may return false when the
NWIFI header length is invalid, causing the function to abort early with
-EINVAL.
When this happens, the error propagates to
ath12k_wifi7_dp_rx_h_defrag(), which clears first_frag by setting it
to NULL. As a result, the corresponding MSDU is no longer referenced
by the defragmentation path and is never freed.
This leads to a memory leak for the affected MSDU on this error path.
Proper cleanup is required to ensure the MSDU is released when header
validation fails during TKIP MIC verification.
Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.1.c5-00302-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1.115823.3
Fixes: 9a0dddf ("wifi: ath12k: Fix invalid data access in ath12k_dp_rx_h_undecap_nwifi")
Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing.pan@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Tamizh Chelvam Raja <tamizh.raja@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260512021108.2031651-1-miaoqing.pan@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>1 parent 10085a6 commit 98d4f92
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