After calling netif_rx_ni(skb), dereferencing skb is unsafe. Especially, the can_frame cf which aliases skb memory is accessed after the netif_rx_ni() in: stats->rx_bytes += cf->len; Reordering the lines solves the issue. *Remark for upstream* drivers/net/can/dev.c has been moved to drivers/net/can/dev/dev.c in below commit, please carry the patch forward. Reference: 3e77f70e7345 ("can: dev: move driver related infrastructure into separate subdir") Fixes: 39549eef3587 ("can: CAN Network device driver and Netlink interface") Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/can/dev.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev.c b/drivers/net/can/dev.c index 3486704c8a95..8b1ae023cb21 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/dev.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/dev.c @@ -592,11 +592,11 @@ static void can_restart(struct net_device *dev) cf->can_id |= CAN_ERR_RESTARTED; - netif_rx_ni(skb); - stats->rx_packets++; stats->rx_bytes += cf->len; + netif_rx_ni(skb); + restart: netdev_dbg(dev, "restarted\n"); priv->can_stats.restarts++; -- 2.26.2