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spidernet: null out skb pointer after its been used.
authorLinas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com>
Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:17:02 +0000 (13:17 -0500)
committerJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:09:32 +0000 (19:09 -0400)
commit4f24befde368df5cead0193bfa223a1ca34e7b02
tree4a4fe97485e1690eb43212cb3afda93acc5edc62
parent1c6d49186bb71a53bc19cadf2e628d8be0d45d1c
spidernet: null out skb pointer after its been used.

Avoid kernel crash in mm/slab.c due to double-free of pointer.

If the ethernet interface is brought down while there is still
RX traffic in flight, the device shutdown routine can end up
trying to double-free an skb, leading to a crash in mm/slab.c
Avoid the double-free by nulling out the skb pointer.

Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
drivers/net/spider_net.c