[PATCH] usb: typec: ucsi: ccg: Fix use-after-free of ucsi on remove

From: Fan Wu

Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 09:22:02 EST


The threaded IRQ handler ccg_irq_handler() calls ucsi_notify_common(),
which on a connector-change event calls ucsi_connector_change() and
schedules connector work. In ucsi_ccg_remove(), ucsi_destroy() frees
uc->ucsi (kfree) before free_irq() is called, so a handler invocation
already in flight may access the freed object after ucsi_destroy().

CPU 0 (remove) | CPU 1 (threaded IRQ)
ucsi_destroy(uc->ucsi) | ccg_irq_handler()
kfree(ucsi) // FREE | ucsi_notify_common(uc->ucsi) // USE

Move free_irq() before ucsi_destroy() in the remove path. It is kept
after ucsi_unregister(): ucsi_unregister() cancels connector work whose
handler issues GET_CONNECTOR_STATUS through ucsi_send_command_common(),
which waits for a completion that is signalled from the IRQ handler, so
the IRQ must stay active until that work has been cancelled.

The probe error path already orders free_irq() before ucsi_destroy().

This bug was found by static analysis.

Fixes: e32fd989ac1c ("usb: typec: ucsi: ccg: Move to the new API")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Fan Wu <fanwu01@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_ccg.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_ccg.c b/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_ccg.c
index d83a0051c737..c089000bd448 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_ccg.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_ccg.c
@@ -1513,8 +1513,8 @@ static void ucsi_ccg_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
cancel_work_sync(&uc->work);
pm_runtime_disable(uc->dev);
ucsi_unregister(uc->ucsi);
- ucsi_destroy(uc->ucsi);
free_irq(uc->irq, uc);
+ ucsi_destroy(uc->ucsi);
}

static const struct of_device_id ucsi_ccg_of_match_table[] = {
--
2.45.2