From 7a2a84518cfb263d2c4171b3d63671f88316adb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 10:53:02 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] net: fec: fix potential use after free skb_tx_timestamp(skb) should be called _before_ TX completion has a chance to trigger, otherwise it is too late and we access freed memory. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Fixes: de5fb0a05348 ("net: fec: put tx to napi poll function to fix dead lock") Cc: Frank Li Cc: Richard Cochran Acked-by: Richard Cochran Acked-by: Frank Li Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c index e7c8b74..50bb71c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c @@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ fec_enet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev) /* If this was the last BD in the ring, start at the beginning again. */ bdp = fec_enet_get_nextdesc(bdp, fep); + skb_tx_timestamp(skb); + fep->cur_tx = bdp; if (fep->cur_tx == fep->dirty_tx) @@ -436,8 +438,6 @@ fec_enet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev) /* Trigger transmission start */ writel(0, fep->hwp + FEC_X_DES_ACTIVE); - skb_tx_timestamp(skb); - return NETDEV_TX_OK; } -- 2.7.4