The following program causes a kernel oops: #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <sys/ioctl.h> #include <linux/kvm.h> main() { int fd = open("/dev/kvm", O_RDWR); ioctl(fd, KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, KVM_CAP_PPC_HTM); } This happens because when using the global KVM fd with KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension() gets called with a NULL kvm argument, which gets dereferenced in is_kvmppc_hv_enabled(). Spotted while reading the code. Let's use the hv_enabled fallback variable, like everywhere else in this function. Fixes: 23528bb21ee2 ("KVM: PPC: Introduce KVM_CAP_PPC_HTM") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.7+ Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <groug@xxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c index 3480faaf1ef8..ee279c7f4802 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c @@ -644,8 +644,7 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext) break; #endif case KVM_CAP_PPC_HTM: - r = cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_TM_COMP) && - is_kvmppc_hv_enabled(kvm); + r = cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_TM_COMP) && hv_enabled; break; default: r = 0;