From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-can@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10.y] can: gs_usb: gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(): fix URB memory leak
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 14:57:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026020436-sanded-captive-cfed@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260120132308.747061-1-mkl@pengutronix.de>
On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 02:23:08PM +0100, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> In gs_can_open(), the URBs for USB-in transfers are allocated, added to the
> parent->rx_submitted anchor and submitted. In the complete callback
> gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(), the URB is processed and resubmitted. In
> gs_can_close() the URBs are freed by calling
> usb_kill_anchored_urbs(parent->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 gs_can_close().
>
> Fix the memory leak by anchoring the URB in the
> gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback() to the parent->rx_submitted anchor.
>
> Fixes: d08e973a77d1 ("can: gs_usb: Added support for the GS_USB CAN devices")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260105-gs_usb-fix-memory-leak-v2-1-cc6ed6438034@pengutronix.de
> Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
> (cherry picked from commit 7352e1d5932a0e777e39fa4b619801191f57e603)
> ---
> drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
> index 58a7ac1d7c7f..a7a23e5b0835 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
> @@ -401,6 +401,8 @@ static void gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
> usbcan
> );
>
> + usb_anchor_urb(urb, &parent->rx_submitted);
Also will break the build :(
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-04 13:57 UTC|newest]
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2026-01-20 13:17 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] can: gs_usb: gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(): fix URB memory" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree gregkh
2026-01-20 13:23 ` [PATCH 5.10.y] can: gs_usb: gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(): fix URB memory leak Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-02-04 13:57 ` Greg KH [this message]
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