From: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx> commit d18b2f43b9147c8005ae0844fb445d8cc6a87e31 upstream. Check the result of __vmalloc() to avoid dereferencing a NULL pointer in the event that allocation failres. Fixes: d1e5b0e98ea27 ("kvm: Make VM ioctl do valloc for some archs") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 4 ++++ arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c @@ -1930,6 +1930,10 @@ static struct kvm *svm_vm_alloc(void) struct kvm_svm *kvm_svm = __vmalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_svm), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_ZERO, PAGE_KERNEL); + + if (!kvm_svm) + return NULL; + return &kvm_svm->kvm; } --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c @@ -6633,6 +6633,10 @@ static struct kvm *vmx_vm_alloc(void) struct kvm_vmx *kvm_vmx = __vmalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_vmx), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_ZERO, PAGE_KERNEL); + + if (!kvm_vmx) + return NULL; + return &kvm_vmx->kvm; }