e100_alloc_cbs() allocates the cb's but does not set cb->skb = NULL which means that the following check in e100_tx_clean() will execute even though cb->skb is not really a valid pointer an we OOPs: if(likely(cb->skb != NULL)) { ... nic->net_stats.tx_bytes += cb->skb->len; } Attached patch fixes the issue. ~Deepak -- Deepak Saxena - dsaxena at plexity dot net - http://www.plexity.net/