--- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc.c +++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc.c @@ -57,7 +57,15 @@ int hdlc_change_mtu(struct net_device *d static int hdlc_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *p, struct net_device *orig_dev) { - struct hdlc_device *hdlc = dev_to_hdlc(dev); + struct hdlc_device *hdlc; + + /* First make sure "dev" is an HDLC device */ + if (!(dev->priv_flags & IFF_WAN_HDLC)) { + kfree_skb(skb); + return NET_RX_SUCCESS; + } + + hdlc = dev_to_hdlc(dev); if (!net_eq(dev_net(dev), &init_net)) { kfree_skb(skb);