FAILED: patch "[PATCH] usb: typec: fix use after free in typec_register_port()" failed to apply to 4.19-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.19-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 5c388abefda0d92355714010c0199055c57ab6c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wen Yang <wenyang@linux.alibaba.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:04:52 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] usb: typec: fix use after free in typec_register_port()
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We can't use "port->sw" and/or "port->mux" after it has been freed.

Fixes: 23481121c81d ("usb: typec: class: Don't use port parent for getting mux handles")
Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <wenyang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191126140452.14048-1-wenyang@linux.alibaba.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/class.c b/drivers/usb/typec/class.c
index 7ece6ca6e690..91d62276b56f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/typec/class.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/typec/class.c
@@ -1612,14 +1612,16 @@ struct typec_port *typec_register_port(struct device *parent,
 
 	port->sw = typec_switch_get(&port->dev);
 	if (IS_ERR(port->sw)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(port->sw);
 		put_device(&port->dev);
-		return ERR_CAST(port->sw);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
 
 	port->mux = typec_mux_get(&port->dev, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(port->mux)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(port->mux);
 		put_device(&port->dev);
-		return ERR_CAST(port->mux);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
 
 	ret = device_add(&port->dev);