CVE-2026-53028

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: typec: Fix error pointer dereference

The variable tps->partner is checked for an error pointer and then if it is, it sends an error message but does not return and then immediately dereferenced a few lines below:

tps->partner = typecregisterpartner(tps->port, &desc); if (ISERR(tps->partner)) devwarn(tps->dev, "%s: failed to register partnet\n", func);

if (desc.identity) { typecpartnersetidentity(tps->partner); cd321x->curpartneridentity = st.partneridentity; }

Add early return and fix spelling mistake in error message.

Detected by Smatch: drivers/usb/typec/tipd/core.c:827 cd321xupdatework() error: 'tps->partner' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()