From: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit d30f4436f364b4ad915ca2c09be07cd0f93ceb44 ] The skb is delivered to netif_rx() in rtllib_monitor_rx(), which may free it, after calling this, dereferencing skb may trigger use-after-free. Found by Smatch. Fixes: 94a799425eee ("From: wlanfae <wlanfae@xxxxxxxxxxx> [PATCH 1/8] rtl8192e: Import new version of driver from realtek") Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123081253.22296-1-yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c index 63752233e551..404794503fb6 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c @@ -1490,9 +1490,9 @@ static int rtllib_rx_Monitor(struct rtllib_device *ieee, struct sk_buff *skb, hdrlen += 4; } - rtllib_monitor_rx(ieee, skb, rx_stats, hdrlen); ieee->stats.rx_packets++; ieee->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len; + rtllib_monitor_rx(ieee, skb, rx_stats, hdrlen); return 1; } -- 2.35.1