This driver has two places where a returned skb is not checked for NULL. In addition, the driver might queue a cloned skb - prevent that. Thanks to Eric Dumazet for suggestions. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger --- Index: wireless-testing-new/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c =================================================================== --- wireless-testing-new.orig/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c +++ wireless-testing-new/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c @@ -374,6 +374,8 @@ static int amsdu_to_msdu(struct _adapter a_len -= ETH_HLEN; /* Allocate new skb for releasing to upper layer */ sub_skb = dev_alloc_skb(nSubframe_Length + 12); + if (!sub_skb) + break; skb_reserve(sub_skb, 12); data_ptr = (u8 *)skb_put(sub_skb, nSubframe_Length); memcpy(data_ptr, pdata, nSubframe_Length); @@ -1094,6 +1096,8 @@ static int recvbuf2recvframe(struct _ada precvframe->u.hdr.rx_end = pkt_copy->data + alloc_sz; } else { precvframe->u.hdr.pkt = skb_clone(pskb, GFP_ATOMIC); + if (!precvframe->u.hdr.pkt) + return _FAIL; precvframe->u.hdr.rx_head = pbuf; precvframe->u.hdr.rx_data = pbuf; precvframe->u.hdr.rx_tail = pbuf; @@ -1127,6 +1131,9 @@ static void recv_tasklet(void *priv) recvbuf2recvframe(padapter, pskb); skb_reset_tail_pointer(pskb); pskb->len = 0; - skb_queue_tail(&precvpriv->free_recv_skb_queue, pskb); + if (!skb_cloned(pskb)) + skb_queue_tail(&precvpriv->free_recv_skb_queue, pskb); + else + consume_skb(pskb); } }