From cefe535a60a2e00e09f4b2689b0c8ffc6912459a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mingyu Wang <25181214217@stu.xidian.edu.cn> Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 15:48:23 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] agp/amd64: Fix broken error propagation in agp_amd64_probe() 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 Reviewed-by: Lukas Wunner 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 --- drivers/char/agp/amd64-agp.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/amd64-agp.c b/drivers/char/agp/amd64-agp.c index 2505df1f4e69..6741270e0a98 100644 --- 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_dev *pdev, /* 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; }