The skb is delivered to netif_rx() in rtllib_monitor_rx(), which may free it, after calling this, dereferencing skb may trigger use-after-free. Found by Smatch. Fixes: 94a799425eee ("From: wlanfae <wlanfae@xxxxxxxxxxx> [PATCH 1/8] rtl8192e: Import new version of driver from realtek") Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c index 6a0f5bbb99ef..f8965afab767 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c @@ -1489,9 +1489,9 @@ static int rtllib_rx_Monitor(struct rtllib_device *ieee, struct sk_buff *skb, hdrlen += 4; } - rtllib_monitor_rx(ieee, skb, rx_stats, hdrlen); ieee->stats.rx_packets++; ieee->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len; + rtllib_monitor_rx(ieee, skb, rx_stats, hdrlen); return 1; } -- 2.17.1