xhci_gen_setup() locates the operational registers using the capability
length read from the very first register:

	xhci->op_regs = hcd->regs +
		HC_LENGTH(readl(&xhci->cap_regs->hc_capbase));

If the controller is dead or has dropped off the bus, that read returns
~0, HC_LENGTH() truncates it to 0xff, and op_regs ends up 0xff bytes
past the page-aligned MMIO base, i.e. unaligned. The first access
through it, xhci_halt() -> xhci_handshake() reading op_regs->status, is
then an unaligned readl() on device memory. arm64 faults on unaligned
device accesses, so instead of xhci_handshake() catching the all-ones
value and returning -ENODEV, setup oopses:

  xhci-pci-renesas 0005:08:00.0: Unable to change power state from D3cold to D0, device inaccessible
  xhci-pci-renesas 0005:08:00.0: xHCI Host Controller
  xhci-pci-renesas 0005:08:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
  Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff80030a770103
    ESR = 0x0000000096000021
    FSC = 0x21: alignment fault
  Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000021 [#1]  SMP
  pc : xhci_halt [xhci_hcd]
  Call trace:
   xhci_halt
   xhci_gen_setup
   xhci_pci_setup
   usb_add_hcd
   usb_hcd_pci_probe
   xhci_pci_common_probe
   xhci_pci_renesas_probe

This was hit with a Renesas uPD720201 that failed to power up ("Unable
to change power state from D3cold to D0, device inaccessible") yet still
reached the HCD probe path.

Read the capability register once, and if it reads back the all-ones
value (as xhci_handshake() and xhci_reset() already test for), abort
setup with -ENODEV before op_regs is derived from it. Reading it once
also avoids re-reading a register that may change under a concurrent
hot-removal.

Fixes: 66d4eadd8d06 ("USB: xhci: BIOS handoff and HW initialization.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
---
Changes in v2:
- Read hc_capbase once into a local and validate that value, then use it
  for op_regs and hci_version, so a concurrent hot-removal can no longer
  slip a U32_MAX in between the check and its use (Michal Pecio).
- Fix typos in the commit message.
- Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722-xhci_dead_hc-v1-1-78f55597524b@debian.org

To: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@intel.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
---
 drivers/usb/host/xhci.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
index 091c82ca8ee29..5c759ad28199f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
@@ -5433,6 +5433,7 @@ int xhci_gen_setup(struct usb_hcd *hcd, xhci_get_quirks_t get_quirks)
 	struct device		*dev = hcd->self.sysdev;
 	int			retval;
 	u32			hcs_params1;
+	u32			hc_capbase;
 
 	/* Accept arbitrarily long scatter-gather lists */
 	hcd->self.sg_tablesize = ~0;
@@ -5453,15 +5454,19 @@ int xhci_gen_setup(struct usb_hcd *hcd, xhci_get_quirks_t get_quirks)
 	mutex_init(&xhci->mutex);
 	xhci->main_hcd = hcd;
 	xhci->cap_regs = hcd->regs;
-	xhci->op_regs = hcd->regs +
-		HC_LENGTH(readl(&xhci->cap_regs->hc_capbase));
+	hc_capbase = readl(&xhci->cap_regs->hc_capbase);
+	if (hc_capbase == U32_MAX) {
+		xhci_warn(xhci, "Host controller not accessible, removed?\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+	xhci->op_regs = hcd->regs + HC_LENGTH(hc_capbase);
 	xhci->run_regs = hcd->regs +
 		(readl(&xhci->cap_regs->run_regs_off) & RTSOFF_MASK);
 	/* Cache read-only capability registers */
 	hcs_params1 = readl(&xhci->cap_regs->hcs_params1);
 	xhci->hcs_params2 = readl(&xhci->cap_regs->hcs_params2);
 	xhci->hcs_params3 = readl(&xhci->cap_regs->hcs_params3);
-	xhci->hci_version = HC_VERSION(readl(&xhci->cap_regs->hc_capbase));
+	xhci->hci_version = HC_VERSION(hc_capbase);
 	xhci->hcc_params = readl(&xhci->cap_regs->hcc_params);
 	if (xhci->hci_version > 0x100)
 		xhci->hcc_params2 = readl(&xhci->cap_regs->hcc_params2);

---
base-commit: 290aaf24a551d5a0dce037e3fab30820f9113a10
change-id: 20260722-xhci_dead_hc-35fa846923b2

Best regards,
--  
Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>