When it get to free_page(queue->grant_tx_page[i]), the use counter on this page is already 0, which cause a crash. Not sure if this is the proper fix (according to git log this may introduce some memory leak), but at least it prevent the crash. Details in this thread: http://xen.markmail.org/thread/pw5edbtqienjx4q5 diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c index f821a97..a5efbb0 100644 --- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c @@ -1065,9 +1069,10 @@ static void xennet_release_tx_bufs(struct netfront_queue *queue) skb = queue->tx_skbs[i].skb; get_page(queue->grant_tx_page[i]); - gnttab_end_foreign_access(queue->grant_tx_ref[i], - GNTMAP_readonly, - (unsigned long)page_address(queue->grant_tx_page[i])); + gnttab_end_foreign_access_ref( + queue->grant_tx_ref[i], GNTMAP_readonly); + gnttab_release_grant_reference( + &queue->gref_tx_head, queue->grant_tx_ref[i]); queue->grant_tx_page[i] = NULL; queue->grant_tx_ref[i] = GRANT_INVALID_REF; add_id_to_freelist(&queue->tx_skb_freelist, queue->tx_skbs, i);