[PATCH 6.1 180/280] can: kvaser_usb: kvaser_usb_read_bulk_callback(): fix URB memory leak

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-04T15:13:13Z

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

commit 248e8e1a125fa875158df521b30f2cc7e27eeeaa upstream.

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

In kvaser_usb_set_{,data_}bittiming() -> kvaser_usb_setup_rx_urbs(), the
URBs for USB-in transfers are allocated, added to the dev->rx_submitted
anchor and submitted. In the complete callback
kvaser_usb_read_bulk_callback(), the URBs are processed and resubmitted. In
kvaser_usb_remove_interfaces() the URBs are freed by calling
usb_kill_anchored_urbs(&dev->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
kvaser_usb_read_bulk_callback() to the dev->rx_submitted anchor.

Fixes: 080f40a6fa28 ("can: kvaser_usb: Add support for Kvaser CAN/USB devices")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260116-can_usb-fix-memory-leak-v2-3-4b8cb2915571@pengutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb/kvaser_usb_core.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb/kvaser_usb_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb/kvaser_usb_core.c
@@ -349,7 +349,14 @@ resubmit_urb:
urb->transfer_buffer, KVASER_USB_RX_BUFFER_SIZE,
kvaser_usb_read_bulk_callback, dev);

+ usb_anchor_urb(urb, &dev->rx_submitted);
+
err = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ if (!err)
+ return;
+
+ usb_unanchor_urb(urb);
+
if (err == -ENODEV) {
for (i = 0; i < dev->nchannels; i++) {
if (!dev->nets[i])
@@ -357,7 +364,7 @@ resubmit_urb:

netif_device_detach(dev->nets[i]->netdev);
}
- } else if (err) {
+ } else {
dev_err(&dev->intf->dev,
"Failed resubmitting read bulk urb: %d\n", err);
}