[PATCH] net: usb: lan78xx: Fix URB reference leak in lan78xx_submit_deferred_urbs()
From: Wentao Liang
Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 08:13:45 EST
usb_get_from_anchor() hands over a reference to the URB, which the caller
must release. lan78xx_submit_deferred_urbs() never does, so every deferred
Tx URB keeps an extra reference: the counter grows on each suspend/resume
cycle and the URBs are never freed when the buffers are released. Drop
the reference after submitting, and on the path that drops the packet
instead of submitting it.
Fixes: 5f4cc6e25148 ("lan78xx: Fix race conditions in suspend/resume handling")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
index bcf293ea1bd3..8e075a31d97c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
@@ -5204,10 +5204,12 @@ static bool lan78xx_submit_deferred_urbs(struct lan78xx_net *dev)
!netif_carrier_ok(dev->net) ||
pipe_halted) {
lan78xx_release_tx_buf(dev, skb);
+ usb_put_urb(urb);
continue;
}
ret = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ usb_put_urb(urb);
if (ret == 0) {
netif_trans_update(dev->net);
--
2.34.1