[PATCH] usb: typec: Check the alternate mode ID allocation

From: Changyul Lee

Date: Tue Nov 10 2026 - 23:15:02 EST


typec_register_altmode() stores the return value of altmode_id_get()
in an unsigned int without checking it. When ida_alloc() fails, the
error code becomes the ID, and the alternate mode is registered under
a name such as "port0-partner.4294967284". A second failure on the same
partner then fails with a duplicate name:

[ 0.423055] sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/platform/altfail/typec/port0/port0-partner/port0-partner.4294967284'

Return the error when the ID allocation fails.

Fixes: 8a37d87d72f0 ("usb: typec: Bus type for alternate modes")
Signed-off-by: Changyul Lee <lcy8047@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Found with a static analysis tool we are developing.

Reproduced in QEMU (x86_64) with a test module that registers a port,
a partner and 63 partner alternate modes, and then two more with
failslab (task-filter) making ida_alloc() fail with -ENOMEM. Without
this patch, the first of the two is registered as
"port0-partner.4294967284" and the second fails with -EEXIST and the
error above. With it, both return -ENOMEM. Same result in three runs
each.

drivers/usb/typec/class.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/class.c b/drivers/usb/typec/class.c
index 54c7810b563b..29fb13ca9f28 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/typec/class.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/typec/class.c
@@ -641,11 +641,14 @@ typec_register_altmode(struct device *parent,
const struct typec_altmode_desc *desc,
const struct device_type *type)
{
- unsigned int id = altmode_id_get(parent);
+ int id = altmode_id_get(parent);
bool is_port = is_typec_port(parent);
struct altmode *alt;
int ret;

+ if (id < 0)
+ return ERR_PTR(id);
+
alt = kzalloc_obj(*alt);
if (!alt) {
altmode_id_remove(parent, id);

base-commit: 7475ea8b58616b33c04afb976cf0fbaad9dd63fb
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2.43.0