The cpu_rmap_put() will call kfree() when the last reference is dropped so it could result in a use after free when we dereference the same pointer the next line. Move the cpu_rmap_put() after the dereference. Fixes: bd7c00605ee0 ("net: move aRFS rmap management and CPU affinity to core") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/core/dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 9189c4a048d7..c102349e04ee 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -7072,8 +7072,8 @@ void netif_napi_set_irq_locked(struct napi_struct *napi, int irq) put_rmap: #ifdef CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL if (napi->dev->rx_cpu_rmap_auto) { - cpu_rmap_put(napi->dev->rx_cpu_rmap); napi->dev->rx_cpu_rmap->obj[napi->napi_rmap_idx] = NULL; + cpu_rmap_put(napi->dev->rx_cpu_rmap); napi->napi_rmap_idx = -1; } #endif -- 2.47.2