PFCP uses dev_get_tstats64() as its ndo_get_stats64 callback, but pfcp_link_setup() does not request NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS. The net core therefore leaves dev->tstats NULL for PFCP devices. Creating a PFCP rtnetlink device can immediately ask the new netdev for stats while building the RTM_NEWLINK notification. That reaches dev_get_tstats64() and dereferences the NULL dev->tstats pointer. Set pcpu_stat_type to NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS during PFCP link setup so the net core allocates the storage expected by dev_get_tstats64(). Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.5-cyber-preview Signed-off-by: Samuel Moelius --- drivers/net/pfcp.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/pfcp.c b/drivers/net/pfcp.c index 28e6bc4a1f14..a6aa30ae0af7 100644 --- a/drivers/net/pfcp.c +++ b/drivers/net/pfcp.c @@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ static void pfcp_link_setup(struct net_device *dev) dev->flags = IFF_POINTOPOINT | IFF_NOARP | IFF_MULTICAST; dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_QUEUE; + dev->pcpu_stat_type = NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS; netif_keep_dst(dev); } -- 2.43.0