Subject: [PATCH] net/sched: act_ct: fix skb leak on fragment check failure

From: Dudu Lu <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:46:09 +0800

tcf_ct_handle_fragments() returns TC_ACT_CONSUMED when
tcf_ct_ipv4/6_is_fragment() fails. This causes the caller to
believe the skb was consumed, but it was not freed. Each
malformed fragment leaks one skb, leading to OOM DoS under
sustained traffic.

Change the return value to TC_ACT_SHOT so the skb is properly
freed by the caller.

Fixes: b57dc7c13ea9 ("net/sched: Introduce action ct")
Signed-off-by: Dudu Lu <[email-masked]>
---
 net/sched/act_ct.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/act_ct.c b/net/sched/act_ct.c
index 7d5e50c921a0..870655f682bd 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_ct.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_ct.c
@@ -1107,8 +1107,10 @@ TC_INDIRECT_SCOPE int tcf_ct_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 	return retval;
 
 out_frag:
-	if (err != -EINPROGRESS)
+	if (err != -EINPROGRESS) {
 		tcf_action_inc_drop_qstats(&c->common);
+		return TC_ACT_SHOT;
+	}
 	return TC_ACT_CONSUMED;
 
 drop:
-- 
2.39.3 (Apple Git-145)