The skb may be freed in tx completion context before trace_ath10k_wmi_cmd is called. This can be easily captured when KASAN(Kernel Address Sanitizer) is enabled. The fix is to add a reference count to the skb and release it after trace_ath10k_wmi_cmd is called. Signed-off-by: Carl Huang <cjhuang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c index 58dc218..e63aedb 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ /* * Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Atheros Communications Inc. * Copyright (c) 2011-2017 Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. + * Copyright (c) 2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved. * * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above @@ -1742,8 +1743,10 @@ int ath10k_wmi_cmd_send_nowait(struct ath10k *ar, struct sk_buff *skb, cmd_hdr->cmd_id = __cpu_to_le32(cmd); memset(skb_cb, 0, sizeof(*skb_cb)); + skb_get(skb); ret = ath10k_htc_send(&ar->htc, ar->wmi.eid, skb); trace_ath10k_wmi_cmd(ar, cmd_id, skb->data, skb->len, ret); + dev_kfree_skb(skb); if (ret) goto err_pull; -- 2.7.4
