# CVE-2026-23080: can: mcba\_usb: mcba\_usb\_read\_bulk\_callback(): fix URB memory leak

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-04 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: mcba_usb: mcba_usb_read_bulk_callback(): fix URB memory leak Fix similar memory leak as in commit 7352e1d5932a ("can: gs_usb: gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(): fix URB memory leak"). In mcba_usb_probe() -> mcba_usb_start(), the URBs for USB-in transfers are allocated, added to the priv->rx_submitted anchor and submitted. In the complete callback mcba_usb_read_bulk_callback(), the URBs are processed and resubmitted. In mcba_usb_close() -> mcba_urb_unlink() the URBs are freed by calling usb_kill_anchored_urbs(&priv->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 usb_kill_anchored_urbs(). Fix the memory leak by anchoring the URB in the mcba_usb_read_bulk_callback()to the priv->rx_submitted anchor.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b34c611a4feb81921bc4728c091e4e3ba0270c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5a1ccdc63b71d93a69a6b72f7a3f3934293ea60
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59153b6388e05609144ad56a9b354e9100a91983
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/179f6f0cf5ae489743273b7c1644324c0c477ea9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94c9f6f7b953f6382fef4bdc48c046b861b8868f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d374d715e338dfc3804aaa006fa6e470ffebb264
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/710a7529fb13c5a470258ff5508ed3c498d54729

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