diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/x25_asy.c b/drivers/net/wan/x25_asy.c index 84640a0c13f3..de7984463595 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wan/x25_asy.c +++ b/drivers/net/wan/x25_asy.c @@ -307,6 +307,14 @@ static netdev_tx_t x25_asy_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, return NETDEV_TX_OK; } + /* There should be a pseudo header of 1 byte added by upper layers. + * Check to make sure it is there before reading it. + */ + if (skb->len < 1) { + kfree_skb(skb); + return NETDEV_TX_OK; + } + switch (skb->data[0]) { case X25_IFACE_DATA: break; @@ -752,6 +760,12 @@ static void x25_asy_setup(struct net_device *dev) dev->type = ARPHRD_X25; dev->tx_queue_len = 10; + /* When transmitting data: + * first this driver removes a pseudo header of 1 byte, + * then the lapb module prepends an LAPB header of at most 3 bytes. + */ + dev->needed_headroom = 3 - 1; + /* New-style flags. */ dev->flags = IFF_NOARP; }