--- a/include/linux/can/skb.h +++ b/include/linux/can/skb.h @@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ static inline void can_skb_reserve(struc static inline void can_skb_set_owner(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sock *sk) { - if (sk) { - sock_hold(sk); + /* If the socket has already been closed by user space, the + * refcount may already be 0 (and the socket will be freed + * after the last TX skb has been freed). So only increase + * socket refcount if the refcount is > 0. + */ + if (sk && refcount_inc_not_zero(&sk->sk_refcnt)) { skb->destructor = sock_efree; skb->sk = sk; }