From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
patches@lists.linux.dev,
Mingyu Wang <25181214217@stu.xidian.edu.cn>,
Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
Subject: [PATCH 7.1 04/21] agp/amd64: Fix broken error propagation in agp_amd64_probe()
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:03:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260625125613.826123670@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260625125613.243729608@linuxfoundation.org>
7.1-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------
From: Mingyu Wang <25181214217@stu.xidian.edu.cn>
commit b08472db93b1ccff84a7adec5779d47f0e9d3a30 upstream.
A NULL pointer dereference was observed in the AMD64 AGP driver when
running in a virtualized environment (e.g. qemu/kvm) without a physical
AMD northbridge. The crash occurs in amd64_fetch_size() when attempting
to dereference the pointer returned by node_to_amd_nb(0).
The root cause of this crash is broken error propagation in
agp_amd64_probe(): When no AMD northbridges are found, cache_nbs()
correctly returns -ENODEV. However, the probe function erroneously
checks the return value against exactly -1, rather than < 0.
As a result, the hardware absence error is masked, allowing the driver
to improperly proceed with initialization. It eventually calls
agp_add_bridge(), which invokes amd64_fetch_size(). Since the hardware
does not exist, node_to_amd_nb(0) returns NULL, leading to a General
Protection Fault (GPF) when accessing its ->misc member.
Fix the issue by correcting the error check in agp_amd64_probe() to
abort properly when cache_nbs() returns any negative error code. This
prevents the driver from erroneously proceeding without hardware, thereby
avoiding the subsequent NULL pointer dereference at its source.
Fixes: a32073bffc65 ("[PATCH] x86_64: Clean and enhance up K8 northbridge access code")
Signed-off-by: Mingyu Wang <25181214217@stu.xidian.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
Reviewed-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v2.6.18+
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260504074823.99377-1-w15303746062@163.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
drivers/char/agp/amd64-agp.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/char/agp/amd64-agp.c
+++ b/drivers/char/agp/amd64-agp.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ static int agp_amd64_probe(struct pci_de
/* Fill in the mode register */
pci_read_config_dword(pdev, bridge->capndx+PCI_AGP_STATUS, &bridge->mode);
- if (cache_nbs(pdev, cap_ptr) == -1) {
+ if (cache_nbs(pdev, cap_ptr) < 0) {
agp_put_bridge(bridge);
return -ENODEV;
}
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2026-06-25 13:03 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 7.1 05/21] iio: light: veml6075: add bounds check to veml6075_it_ms index Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 7.1 06/21] iio: adc: ti-ads1298: add bounds check to pga_settings index Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 7.1 07/21] Input: rmi4 - fix register descriptor address calculation Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:04 ` [PATCH 7.1 08/21] Input: rmi4 - refactor register descriptor parsing Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:04 ` [PATCH 7.1 09/21] Input: rmi4 - fix type overflow in register counts Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:04 ` [PATCH 7.1 10/21] Input: rmi4 - fix num_subpackets overflow in register descriptor Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:04 ` [PATCH 7.1 11/21] Input: rmi4 - fix memory leak in rmi_set_attn_data() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:04 ` [PATCH 7.1 12/21] Input: rmi4 - iterative IRQ handler Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:04 ` [PATCH 7.1 13/21] Input: rmi4 - fix bit count in bitmap_copy() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:04 ` [PATCH 7.1 14/21] crypto: qat - remove unused character device and IOCTLs Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:04 ` [PATCH 7.1 15/21] vc_screen: fix null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier() during concurrent vcs_write Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:04 ` [PATCH 7.1 16/21] serial: qcom_geni: Fix RX DMA stall when SE_DMA_RX_LEN_IN is zero Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:04 ` [PATCH 7.1 17/21] serial: 8250_dw: unregister 8250 port if clk_notifier_register() fails Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:04 ` [PATCH 7.1 18/21] drivers/base/memory: set mem->altmap after successful device registration Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:04 ` [PATCH 7.1 19/21] ksmbd: reject non-VALID session in compound request branch Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:04 ` [PATCH 7.1 20/21] media: vidtv: fix NULL pointer dereference in vidtv_mux_push_si Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:04 ` [PATCH 7.1 21/21] virtiofs: fix UAF on submount umount Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:54 ` [PATCH 7.1 00/21] 7.1.2-rc1 review Florian Fainelli
2026-06-25 15:27 ` Brett A C Sheffield
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