There is a 'malloc' call in test_vmx_nested_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: Kunwu Chan <chentao@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_set_nested_state_test.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_set_nested_state_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_set_nested_state_test.c index 67a62a5a8895..18afc2000a74 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_set_nested_state_test.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_set_nested_state_test.c @@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ void test_vmx_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) const int state_sz = sizeof(struct kvm_nested_state) + getpagesize(); struct kvm_nested_state *state = (struct kvm_nested_state *)malloc(state_sz); + TEST_ASSERT(state, "-ENOMEM when allocating kvm state"); /* The format must be set to 0. 0 for VMX, 1 for SVM. */ set_default_vmx_state(state, state_sz); -- 2.40.1
