{"id":"CVE-2026-53028","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"usb: typec: Fix error pointer dereference","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: typec: Fix error pointer dereference\n\nThe variable tps->partner is checked for an error pointer and then if it\nis, it sends an error message but does not return and then immediately\ndereferenced a few lines below:\n\ntps->partner = typec_register_partner(tps->port, &desc);\nif (IS_ERR(tps->partner))\n\tdev_warn(tps->dev, \"%s: failed to register partnet\\n\", __func__);\n\nif (desc.identity) {\n\ttypec_partner_set_identity(tps->partner);\n\tcd321x->cur_partner_identity = st.partner_identity;\n}\n\nAdd early return and fix spelling mistake in error message.\n\nDetected by Smatch:\ndrivers/usb/typec/tipd/core.c:827 cd321x_update_work() error:\n'tps->partner' dereferencing possible 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typec: Fix error pointer dereference","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: typec: Fix error pointer dereference\n\nThe variable tps->partner is checked for an error pointer and then if it\nis, it sends an error message but does not return and then immediately\ndereferenced a few lines below:\n\ntps->partner = typec_register_partner(tps->port, &desc);\nif (IS_ERR(tps->partner))\n\tdev_warn(tps->dev, \"%s: failed to register partnet\\n\", __func__);\n\nif (desc.identity) {\n\ttypec_partner_set_identity(tps->partner);\n\tcd321x->cur_partner_identity = st.partner_identity;\n}\n\nAdd early return and fix spelling mistake in error message.\n\nDetected by Smatch:\ndrivers/usb/typec/tipd/core.c:827 cd321x_update_work() error:\n'tps->partner' dereferencing possible 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