[PATCH can v2] can: gs_usb: gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(): fix URB memory leak

From: Marc Kleine-Budde
Date: Mon Jan 05 2026 - 07:39:49 EST


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 close 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- correct "Fixes" tag
- add stable@v.k.o on Cc
- Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20251225-gs_usb-fix-memory-leak-v1-1-a7b09e70d01d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
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 a0233e550a5a..d093babbc320 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@ static void gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
hf, parent->hf_size_rx,
gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback, parent);

+ usb_anchor_urb(urb, &parent->rx_submitted);
+
rc = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);

/* USB failure take down all interfaces */

---
base-commit: 1806d210e5a8f431ad4711766ae4a333d407d972
change-id: 20251225-gs_usb-fix-memory-leak-062c24898cc9

Best regards,
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Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>