In stmmac_rx(), when napi_build_skb() fails the descriptor page is recycled back to the page pool with page_pool_recycle_direct(), but buf->page is left pointing at the recycled page, unlike every other consumption site in the function which clears the pointer after handing the page away. With the stale pointer stmmac_rx_refill() skips the replacement allocation and programs the already-recycled page back into the RX descriptor. Clear buf->page on the napi_build_skb() failure path to keep the buffer lifecycle consistent with the other consumption sites. Fixes: df542f669307 ("net: stmmac: Switch to zero-copy in non-XDP RX path") Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi --- drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c index 1fb5f804ea23..11035b7d944e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c @@ -5887,6 +5887,7 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue) if (!skb) { page_pool_recycle_direct(rx_q->page_pool, buf->page); + buf->page = NULL; rx_dropped++; count++; goto drain_data; --- base-commit: 1e24c4f2ee44be0eee94092b5d13cbdb4bdf0d60 change-id: 20260921-stmmac-fix-napi-build-skb-error-a02a3e839bd9 Best regards, -- Lorenzo Bianconi