[PATCH net] can: peak_usb: add missing dev_free callback to cancel restart_timer
From: Tristan Madani
Date: Fri Oct 23 2026 - 15:58:21 EST
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
The PCAN-USB adapter uses a restart_timer for bus error recovery
but does not define a dev_free callback. When the device is
unplugged, peak_usb_disconnect() calls free_candev() without
cancelling the timer. If a bus error armed the timer via
mod_timer() and USB disconnect races with it, the timer fires on
freed memory.
Add a pcan_usb_free() callback that cancels the restart_timer,
and register it as the adapter dev_free handler.
Fixes: 46be265d3388 ("can: usb: PEAK-System Technik PCAN-USB specific part")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb.c
index 8fd058c328564..b0b3c76b2ccb8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb.c
@@ -882,6 +882,14 @@ static int pcan_usb_start(struct peak_usb_device *dev)
return pcan_usb_set_ext_vcc(dev, 0);
}
+static void pcan_usb_free(struct peak_usb_device *dev)
+{
+ struct pcan_usb *pdev =
+ container_of(dev, struct pcan_usb, dev);
+
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&pdev->restart_timer);
+}
+
static int pcan_usb_init(struct peak_usb_device *dev)
{
struct pcan_usb *pdev = container_of(dev, struct pcan_usb, dev);
@@ -1051,6 +1059,7 @@ const struct peak_usb_adapter pcan_usb = {
.dev_decode_buf = pcan_usb_decode_buf,
.dev_encode_msg = pcan_usb_encode_msg,
.dev_start = pcan_usb_start,
+ .dev_free = pcan_usb_free,
.dev_restart_async = pcan_usb_restart_async,
.do_get_berr_counter = pcan_usb_get_berr_counter,
};
--
2.47.3