# Commit c40e24a8ef74f9d0ee59dd9b8ca890be08b0b874 # Date 2013-02-25 12:44:25 +0100 # Author Xi Wang # Committer Jan Beulich x86: fix null pointer dereference in intel_get_extended_msrs() `memset(&mc_ext, 0, ...)' leads to a buffer overflow and a subsequent null pointer dereference. Replace `&mc_ext' with `mc_ext'. Signed-off-by: Xi Wang --- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c +++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c @@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ intel_get_extended_msrs(struct mcinfo_gl } /* this function will called when CAP(9).MCG_EXT_P = 1 */ - memset(&mc_ext, 0, sizeof(struct mcinfo_extended)); + memset(mc_ext, 0, sizeof(*mc_ext)); mc_ext->common.type = MC_TYPE_EXTENDED; mc_ext->common.size = sizeof(struct mcinfo_extended);