From: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
To: "K . Y . Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>,
Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>,
Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>,
Long Li <longli@microsoft.com>,
Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@linux.microsoft.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/hyperv: Fix error pointer dereference
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:09:03 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260218190903.7874-1-ethantidmore06@gmail.com> (raw)
The function idle_thread_get() can return an error pointer and is not
checked for it. Add check for error pointer.
Detected by Smatch:
arch/x86/hyperv/hv_vtl.c:126 hv_vtl_bringup_vcpu() error:
'idle' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
Fixes: 2b4b90e053a29 ("x86/hyperv: Use per cpu initial stack for vtl context")
Signed-off-by: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
---
v2:
- Fixed typo.
arch/x86/hyperv/hv_vtl.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_vtl.c b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_vtl.c
index c0edaed0efb3..9b6a9bc4ab76 100644
--- a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_vtl.c
+++ b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_vtl.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static void hv_vtl_ap_entry(void)
static int hv_vtl_bringup_vcpu(u32 target_vp_index, int cpu, u64 eip_ignored)
{
- u64 status;
+ u64 status, rsp, rip;
int ret = 0;
struct hv_enable_vp_vtl *input;
unsigned long irq_flags;
@@ -123,9 +123,11 @@ static int hv_vtl_bringup_vcpu(u32 target_vp_index, int cpu, u64 eip_ignored)
struct desc_struct *gdt;
struct task_struct *idle = idle_thread_get(cpu);
- u64 rsp = (unsigned long)idle->thread.sp;
+ if (IS_ERR(idle))
+ return PTR_ERR(idle);
- u64 rip = (u64)&hv_vtl_ap_entry;
+ rsp = (unsigned long)idle->thread.sp;
+ rip = (u64)&hv_vtl_ap_entry;
native_store_gdt(&gdt_ptr);
store_idt(&idt_ptr);
--
2.53.0
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2026-02-18 19:09 Ethan Tidmore [this message]
2026-02-18 19:11 ` [PATCH] x86/hyperv: Fix error pointer dereference Ethan Tidmore
2026-02-18 23:22 ` Wei Liu
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