From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marc Kleine-Budde Subject: [PATCH 11/12] can: usb_8dev: don't touch skb after netif_rx() Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 09:09:48 +0200 Message-ID: <1436944189-26618-12-git-send-email-mkl@pengutronix.de> References: <1436944189-26618-1-git-send-email-mkl@pengutronix.de> Cc: davem@davemloft.net, linux-can@vger.kernel.org, kernel@pengutronix.de, Marc Kleine-Budde , Bernd Krumboeck To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1436944189-26618-1-git-send-email-mkl@pengutronix.de> Sender: linux-can-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org There is no guarantee that the skb is in the same state after calling net_receive_skb() or netif_rx(). It might be freed or reused. Not really harmful as its a read access, except you turn on the proper debugging options which catch a use after free. Cc: Bernd Krumboeck Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde --- drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c index dd52c7a4c80d..de95b1ccba3e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c @@ -461,10 +461,9 @@ static void usb_8dev_rx_err_msg(struct usb_8dev_priv *priv, priv->bec.txerr = txerr; priv->bec.rxerr = rxerr; - netif_rx(skb); - stats->rx_packets++; stats->rx_bytes += cf->can_dlc; + netif_rx(skb); } /* Read data and status frames */ @@ -494,10 +493,9 @@ static void usb_8dev_rx_can_msg(struct usb_8dev_priv *priv, else memcpy(cf->data, msg->data, cf->can_dlc); - netif_rx(skb); - stats->rx_packets++; stats->rx_bytes += cf->can_dlc; + netif_rx(skb); can_led_event(priv->netdev, CAN_LED_EVENT_RX); } else { -- 2.1.4