[PATCH can 1/5] can: ems_usb: ems_usb_read_bulk_callback(): fix URB memory leak

From: Marc Kleine-Budde

Date: Sat Jan 10 2026 - 12:29:43 EST


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

In ems_usb_open(), the URBs for USB-in transfers are allocated, added to
the dev->rx_submitted anchor and submitted. In the complete callback
ems_usb_read_bulk_callback(), the URBs are processed and resubmitted. In
ems_usb_close() 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 ems_usb_close().

Fix the memory leak by anchoring the URB in the
ems_usb_read_bulk_callback() to the dev->rx_submitted anchor.

Fixes: 702171adeed3 ("ems_usb: Added support for EMS CPC-USB/ARM7 CAN/USB interface")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c
index de8e212a1366..f44737312b04 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c
@@ -486,6 +486,8 @@ static void ems_usb_read_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
urb->transfer_buffer, RX_BUFFER_SIZE,
ems_usb_read_bulk_callback, dev);

+ usb_anchor_urb(urb, &dev->rx_submitted);
+
retval = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);

if (retval == -ENODEV)

--
2.51.0