Add a null pointer check for imsic_state before dereferencing it in kvm_riscv_aia_imsic_rw_attr(). While the function checks that the vcpu exists, it doesn't verify that the vcpu's imsic_state has been initialized, leading to a null pointer dereference when accessed. The crash manifests as: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dfffffff00000006 ... kvm_riscv_aia_imsic_rw_attr+0x2d8/0x854 arch/riscv/kvm/aia_imsic.c:958 aia_set_attr+0x2ee/0x1726 arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c:354 kvm_device_ioctl_attr virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4744 [inline] kvm_device_ioctl+0x296/0x374 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4761 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] ... The fix adds a check to return -ENODEV if imsic_state is NULL and moves isel assignment after imsic_state NULL check. Fixes: 5463091a51cfaa ("RISC-V: KVM: Expose IMSIC registers as attributes of AIA irqchip") Signed-off-by: Jiakai Xu Signed-off-by: Jiakai Xu --- arch/riscv/kvm/aia_imsic.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_imsic.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_imsic.c index e597e86491c3b..bd7081e70036d 100644 --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_imsic.c +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_imsic.c @@ -952,8 +952,10 @@ int kvm_riscv_aia_imsic_rw_attr(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type, if (!vcpu) return -ENODEV; - isel = KVM_DEV_RISCV_AIA_IMSIC_GET_ISEL(type); imsic = vcpu->arch.aia_context.imsic_state; + if (!imsic) + return -ENODEV; + isel = KVM_DEV_RISCV_AIA_IMSIC_GET_ISEL(type); read_lock_irqsave(&imsic->vsfile_lock, flags); -- 2.34.1