netdev - [PATCH v2] arc_emac: fix potential use after free

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Date:	Thu, 19 Dec 2013 18:10:40 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexey Brodkin <Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com>,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] arc_emac: fix potential use after free

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

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.

Fixes: e4f2379db6c6 ("ethernet/arc/arc_emac - Add new driver")
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: Alexey Brodkin <Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com>
Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
index b2ffad1304d2..248baf6273fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
@@ -565,6 +565,8 @@ static int arc_emac_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 	/* Make sure pointer to data buffer is set */
 	wmb();
 
+	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
+
 	*info = cpu_to_le32(FOR_EMAC | FIRST_OR_LAST_MASK | len);
 
 	/* Increment index to point to the next BD */
@@ -579,8 +581,6 @@ static int arc_emac_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 
 	arc_reg_set(priv, R_STATUS, TXPL_MASK);
 
-	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
-
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 


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