[PATCH net] can: peak_usb: fix double free of transfer buffer on URB submit error

From: Maoyi Xie

Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 14:16:11 EST


In peak_usb_start(), each RX URB transfer buffer is allocated with kmalloc()
and the URB is flagged URB_FREE_BUFFER so that the final usb_free_urb() also
frees the transfer buffer.

If usb_submit_urb() fails, the error path frees the buffer explicitly with
kfree(buf) and then calls usb_free_urb(urb). Because URB_FREE_BUFFER is set,
usb_free_urb() -> urb_destroy() frees the same buffer a second time, a double
free of the transfer buffer.

BUG: KASAN: double-free in usb_free_urb.part.0+0x91/0xb0
Free of addr ffff8881069ccb80 by task trigger.sh/285

Call Trace:
kfree+0x113/0x3c0
usb_free_urb.part.0+0x91/0xb0

Drop the redundant kfree(buf); usb_free_urb() already releases the transfer
buffer. This mirrors commit 03819abbeb11 ("net: usb: lan78xx: Fix double free
issue with interrupt buffer allocation").

Fixes: bb4785551f64 ("can: usb: PEAK-System Technik USB adapters driver core")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-can/178159320216.2154888.16953451793788581739@xxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie <maoyixie.tju@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c
index cf48bb26d46d..079b23dd74f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c
@@ -470,7 +470,6 @@ static int peak_usb_start(struct peak_usb_device *dev)
netif_device_detach(dev->netdev);

usb_unanchor_urb(urb);
- kfree(buf);
usb_free_urb(urb);
break;
}
--
2.34.1