The skb size calculation in lan78xx_tx_bh is in race with the start_xmit, which could lead to rare kernel oopses. So protect the whole skb walk with a spin lock. As a benefit we can unlink the skb directly. This patch was tested on Raspberry Pi 3B+ Link: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/2608 Fixes: 55d7de9de6c3 ("Microchip's LAN7800 family USB 2/3 to 10/100/1000 Ethernet") Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Floris Bos <bos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c index 2e41307..ed10d49 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c @@ -3344,6 +3344,7 @@ static void lan78xx_tx_bh(struct lan78xx_net *dev) pkt_cnt = 0; count = 0; length = 0; + spin_lock_irqsave(&tqp->lock, flags); for (skb = tqp->next; pkt_cnt < tqp->qlen; skb = skb->next) { if (skb_is_gso(skb)) { if (pkt_cnt) { @@ -3352,7 +3353,8 @@ static void lan78xx_tx_bh(struct lan78xx_net *dev) } count = 1; length = skb->len - TX_OVERHEAD; - skb2 = skb_dequeue(tqp); + __skb_unlink(skb, tqp); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tqp->lock, flags); goto gso_skb; } @@ -3361,6 +3363,7 @@ static void lan78xx_tx_bh(struct lan78xx_net *dev) skb_totallen = skb->len + roundup(skb_totallen, sizeof(u32)); pkt_cnt++; } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tqp->lock, flags); /* copy to a single skb */ skb = alloc_skb(skb_totallen, GFP_ATOMIC); -- 2.7.4