---
id: CVE-2026-53028
title: |-
  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 an…
summary: |-
  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 an…
severity: none
published: '2026-06-24'
updated: '2026-07-10'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53028'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19951118fb22b5ad512379ee64510fe0e2c40eb3'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e31082f92c913d74fefb4e60cd0284e605ba3a3'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2529d08fcb429ea01bb87c326342f41483f8b2f'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.0016
epssPercentile: 0.04457
ingestedAt: '2026-07-11T19:15:11.986Z'
---

## Overview

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 = typec_register_partner(tps->port, &desc);
if (IS_ERR(tps->partner))
	dev_warn(tps->dev, "%s: failed to register partnet\n", __func__);

if (desc.identity) {
	typec_partner_set_identity(tps->partner);
	cd321x->cur_partner_identity = st.partner_identity;
}

Add early return and fix spelling mistake in error message.

Detected by Smatch:
drivers/usb/typec/tipd/core.c:827 cd321x_update_work() error:
'tps->partner' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.