The driver's ndo_get_stats64() method is not always called under RTNL. So it can race with driver close or ethtool reconfigurations. Fix the race condition by taking tp->lock spinlock in tg3_free_consistent() when freeing the tp->hw_stats memory block. tg3_get_stats64() is already taking tp->lock.
Reported-by: Wang Yufen <wangyu...@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.c...@broadcom.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c index 185e9e0..ae42de4 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c @@ -8720,11 +8720,14 @@ static void tg3_free_consistent(struct tg3 *tp) tg3_mem_rx_release(tp); tg3_mem_tx_release(tp); + /* Protect tg3_get_stats64() from reading freed tp->hw_stats. */ + tg3_full_lock(tp, 0); if (tp->hw_stats) { dma_free_coherent(&tp->pdev->dev, sizeof(struct tg3_hw_stats), tp->hw_stats, tp->stats_mapping); tp->hw_stats = NULL; } + tg3_full_unlock(tp); } /* -- 1.8.3.1