On Fri, Jan 09, 2026 at 03:34:10PM +0100, Oliver Steffen wrote:
>Check for NULL pointer returned from igvm_get_buffer().
>Documentation for that function calls for that unconditionally.
>
>Signed-off-by: Oliver Steffen <[email protected]>
>---
> backends/igvm.c | 13 ++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/backends/igvm.c b/backends/igvm.c
>index a350c890cc..dc1fd026cb 100644
>--- a/backends/igvm.c
>+++ b/backends/igvm.c
>@@ -170,9 +170,16 @@ static int qigvm_handler(QIgvm *ctx, uint32_t type, Error 
>**errp)
>                 (int)header_handle);
>             return -1;
>         }
>-        header_data = igvm_get_buffer(ctx->file, header_handle) +
>-                      sizeof(IGVM_VHS_VARIABLE_HEADER);
>-        result = handlers[handler].handler(ctx, header_data, errp);
>+        header_data = igvm_get_buffer(ctx->file, header_handle);
>+        if (header_data == NULL) {
>+            error_setg(
>+                errp,
>+                "IGVM: Failed to get directive header data (code: %d)",
>+                (int)header_handle);
>+            result = -1;
>+        } else {
>+            result = handlers[handler].handler(ctx, header_data + 
>sizeof(IGVM_VHS_VARIABLE_HEADER), errp);
>+        }
>         igvm_free_buffer(ctx->file, header_handle);
>         return result;
>     }
>-- 2.52.0
>

IMHO this should be sent a separate patch with the Fixes tag as you are
fixing a bug.

Luigi


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