The incoming skb header may be resized if header space is insufficient, which might change the data adddress in the skb. Ensure that a cached pointer to that data is correctly set by moving assignment to after any possible changes. Signed-off-by: James Hughes <james.hughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v2 Moved the assignment below the len check - saves a few cycles if the length check fails. drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c index 5eaac13e2317..9b7c19a508ac 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t brcmf_netdev_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, int ret; struct brcmf_if *ifp = netdev_priv(ndev); struct brcmf_pub *drvr = ifp->drvr; - struct ethhdr *eh = (struct ethhdr *)(skb->data); + struct ethhdr *eh; brcmf_dbg(DATA, "Enter, bsscfgidx=%d\n", ifp->bsscfgidx); @@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t brcmf_netdev_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, goto done; } + eh = (struct ethhdr *)(skb->data); + if (eh->h_proto == htons(ETH_P_PAE)) atomic_inc(&ifp->pend_8021x_cnt); -- 2.11.0
