CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB found the following bug: netem_enqueue() in sch_netem.c gets a pointer inside a slab object: struct netem_skb_cb *cb = (struct netem_skb_cb *)skb->cb; But then, the slab object may be freed: skb = skb_unshare(skb, GFP_ATOMIC) cb is still pointing inside the freed skb, so here is a patch to initialize cb later, and make it clear that initializing it sooner is a bad idea. [From Stephen Hemminger: leave cb unitialized in order to let gcc complain in case of use before initialization] Thanks. -- Guillaume