There is a 'malloc' call in vcpu_save_state function, which can be unsuccessful. This patch will add the malloc failure checking to avoid possible null dereference and give more information about test fail reasons. Signed-off-by: Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@xxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c index c39a4353ba19..827647ff3d41 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c @@ -954,6 +954,7 @@ struct kvm_x86_state *vcpu_save_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) vcpu_run_complete_io(vcpu); state = malloc(sizeof(*state) + msr_list->nmsrs * sizeof(state->msrs.entries[0])); + TEST_ASSERT(state, "-ENOMEM when allocating kvm state"); vcpu_events_get(vcpu, &state->events); vcpu_mp_state_get(vcpu, &state->mp_state); -- 2.34.1