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typec_register_partner() does not guarantee partner registration to always succeed. In the event of failure, port->partner is set to the error value or NULL. Given that port->partner validity is not checked, this results in the following crash: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address xx pc : run_state_machine+0x1bc8/0x1c08 lr : run_state_machine+0x1b90/0x1c08 .. Call trace: run_state_machine+0x1bc8/0x1c08 tcpm_state_machine_work+0x94/0xe4 kthread_worker_fn+0x118/0x328 kthread+0x1d0/0x23c ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 To prevent the crash, check for port->partner validity before derefencing it in all the call sites. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: c97cd0b4b54e ("usb: typec: tcpm: set initial svdm version based on pd revision") Signed-off-by: Badhri Jagan Sridharan <badhri@google.com> Reviewed-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240427202812.3435268-1-badhri@google.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>