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From: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>
To: Bui Nguyen Nhu Quynh <kaylovefoss@gmail.com>
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>,
	Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
	Christophe Leroy <chleroy@kernel.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: PPC: Fix callback check in kvmppc_gsm_refresh_info
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:24:38 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918232327.23112614-5a-amachhiw@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260918143124.9913-1-kaylovefoss@gmail.com>

On 2026/09/18 09:31 PM, Bui Nguyen Nhu Quynh wrote:
> The kvmppc_gsm_refresh_info() function incorrectly checks for the
> presence of the fill_info callback instead of refresh_info.
> 
> This can lead to:
> - NULL pointer dereference if refresh_info is NULL but fill_info is present
> - EINVAL return if refresh_info is present but fill_info is NULL
> 
> Fix this by checking the correct callback.
> 
> Fixes: 6ccbbc33f06ad ("KVM: PPC: Add helper library for Guest State Buffers")
> Signed-off-by: Bui Nguyen Nhu Quynh <kaylovefoss@gmail.com>
> ---
> v3:
> - Resend to fix whitespace handling issue on v2. No code changes.

Thanks for fixing the spacing issues.  The patch applies fine now.

Reviewed-by: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>

Thanks,
Amit

> 
>  arch/powerpc/kvm/guest-state-buffer.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/guest-state-buffer.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/guest-state-buffer.c
> index 42843eca6727..aeb586ba4523 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/guest-state-buffer.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/guest-state-buffer.c
> @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvmppc_gsm_fill_info);
>  int kvmppc_gsm_refresh_info(struct kvmppc_gs_msg *gsm,
>  			    struct kvmppc_gs_buff *gsb)
>  {
> -	if (!gsm->ops->fill_info)
> +	if (!gsm->ops->refresh_info)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
>  	return gsm->ops->refresh_info(gsm, gsb);
> -- 
> 2.54.0
> 

      reply	other threads:[~2026-09-18 17:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-01 13:26 [PATCH] " nhuquynh
2026-09-07  8:33 ` Gautam Menghani
2026-09-07  9:27 ` Amit Machhiwal
2026-09-16 14:07   ` [PATCH v2] " Bui Nguyen Nhu Quynh
2026-09-16 16:44     ` Amit Machhiwal
2026-09-18 14:31   ` [PATCH v3] " Bui Nguyen Nhu Quynh
2026-09-18 17:54     ` Amit Machhiwal [this message]

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