3.8.13.18 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> [ Upstream commit a926592f5e4e900f3fa903298c4619a131e60963 ] rhine_reset_task() misses to disable the tx scheduler upon reset, this can lead to a crash if work is still scheduled while we're resetting the tx queue. Fixes: [ 93.591707] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000004c [ 93.595514] IP: [<c119d10d>] rhine_napipoll+0x491/0x6 Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c index 3b96bfa..7eb1963 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c @@ -1600,6 +1600,7 @@ static void rhine_reset_task(struct work_struct *work) goto out_unlock; napi_disable(&rp->napi); + netif_tx_disable(dev); spin_lock_bh(&rp->lock); /* clear all descriptors */ -- 1.8.3.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html