Kernel taint... how to fix?

That error occurs on bootup.

No, I don't have any USB settings in the UEFI. Nothing's plugged into that USB-C port... I wanted to plug my phone in there, but it's got no power and it transfers no data.

dmesg --level=warn shows:
usb: port power management may be unreliable

So I suspect this is the UEFI not being programmed properly... especially given that it was also throwing errors because it was mismanaging NetworkManager power for WiFi.