[PATCH 6.12 143/169] can: usb_8dev: usb_8dev_read_bulk_callback(): fix URB memory leak

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-01-28T15:48:39Z

From: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>

commit f7a980b3b8f80fe367f679da376cf76e800f9480 upstream.

Fix similar memory leak as in commit 7352e1d5932a ("can: gs_usb:
gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(): fix URB memory leak").

In usb_8dev_open() -> usb_8dev_start(), the URBs for USB-in transfers are
allocated, added to the priv->rx_submitted anchor and submitted. In the
complete callback usb_8dev_read_bulk_callback(), the URBs are processed and
resubmitted. In usb_8dev_close() -> unlink_all_urbs() the URBs are freed by
calling usb_kill_anchored_urbs(&priv->rx_submitted).

However, this does not take into account that the USB framework unanchors
the URB before the complete function is called. This means that once an
in-URB has been completed, it is no longer anchored and is ultimately not
released in usb_kill_anchored_urbs().

Fix the memory leak by anchoring the URB in the
usb_8dev_read_bulk_callback() to the priv->rx_submitted anchor.

Fixes: 0024d8ad1639 ("can: usb_8dev: Add support for USB2CAN interface from 8 devices")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260116-can_usb-fix-memory-leak-v2-5-4b8cb2915571@pengutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c
@@ -541,11 +541,17 @@ resubmit_urb:
urb->transfer_buffer, RX_BUFFER_SIZE,
usb_8dev_read_bulk_callback, priv);

+ usb_anchor_urb(urb, &priv->rx_submitted);
+
retval = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ if (!retval)
+ return;
+
+ usb_unanchor_urb(urb);

if (retval == -ENODEV)
netif_device_detach(netdev);
- else if (retval)
+ else
netdev_err(netdev,
"failed resubmitting read bulk urb: %d\n", retval);
}