There are some error paths in kvmppc_core_vcpu_create_e500() where we forget to set the error code. It means that we return ERR_PTR(0) which is NULL and it results in a NULL pointer dereference in the caller. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500.c index 32fdab57d604..f9f6468f4171 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500.c @@ -455,16 +455,20 @@ static struct kvm_vcpu *kvmppc_core_vcpu_create_e500(struct kvm *kvm, if (err) goto free_vcpu; - if (kvmppc_e500_id_table_alloc(vcpu_e500) == NULL) + if (kvmppc_e500_id_table_alloc(vcpu_e500) == NULL) { + err = -ENOMEM; goto uninit_vcpu; + } err = kvmppc_e500_tlb_init(vcpu_e500); if (err) goto uninit_id; vcpu->arch.shared = (void*)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO); - if (!vcpu->arch.shared) + if (!vcpu->arch.shared) { + err = -ENOMEM; goto uninit_tlb; + } return vcpu; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html