Patch should fix this oops: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000a0 IP: [<f81b30c9>] rt2800usb_get_txwi+0x19/0x70 [rt2800usb] *pdpt = 0000000000000000 *pde = f000ff53f000ff53 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP Pid: 198, comm: kworker/u:3 Tainted: G W 3.0.0-wl+ #9 LENOVO 6369CTO/6369CTO EIP: 0060:[<f81b30c9>] EFLAGS: 00010283 CPU: 1 EIP is at rt2800usb_get_txwi+0x19/0x70 [rt2800usb] EAX: 00000000 EBX: f465e140 ECX: f4494960 EDX: ef24c5f8 ESI: 810f21f5 EDI: f1da9960 EBP: f4581e80 ESP: f4581e70 DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 Process kworker/u:3 (pid: 198, ti=f4580000 task=f4494960 task.ti=f4580000) Call Trace: [<f804790f>] rt2800_txdone_entry+0x2f/0xf0 [rt2800lib] [<c045110d>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x7d/0xa0 [<f81b3a38>] ? rt2800usb_work_txdone+0x288/0x360 [rt2800usb] [<f81b3a38>] ? rt2800usb_work_txdone+0x288/0x360 [rt2800usb] [<f81b3a13>] rt2800usb_work_txdone+0x263/0x360 [rt2800usb] [<c046a8d6>] process_one_work+0x186/0x440 [<c046a85a>] ? process_one_work+0x10a/0x440 [<f81b37b0>] ? rt2800usb_probe_hw+0x120/0x120 [rt2800usb] [<c046c283>] worker_thread+0x133/0x310 [<c04885db>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0x10 [<c046c150>] ? manage_workers+0x1e0/0x1e0 [<c047054c>] kthread+0x7c/0x90 [<c04704d0>] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x60/0x60 [<c0826b42>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x1 Oops might happen because we check rt2x00queue_empty(queue) twice, but this condition can change and we can process entry in rt2800_txdone_entry(), which was already processed by rt2800usb_txdone_entry_check() -> rt2x00lib_txdone_noinfo() and has nullify entry->skb . Reported-by: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c | 7 +++---- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c index d137812..cd54721 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c @@ -538,12 +538,11 @@ static void rt2800usb_txdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev) entry = rt2x00queue_get_entry(queue, Q_INDEX_DONE); if (rt2800usb_txdone_entry_check(entry, reg)) break; + entry = NULL; } - if (!entry || rt2x00queue_empty(queue)) - break; - - rt2800_txdone_entry(entry, reg); + if (entry) + rt2800_txdone_entry(entry, reg); } } -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html