On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 04:10:17PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Linas Vepstas wrote: > >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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >---- > > drivers/net/spider_net.c | 1 + > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > applied 1-5, 7 to #upstream-fixes (2.6.22) > > patch #6 was ignored, because it was already upstream
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