A privileged domain can issue XEN_DOMCTL_vm_event_op with op->domain == DOMID_INVALID. In this case vm_event_domctl() function will get NULL as the first parameter and this will cause hypervisor panic, as it tries to derefer this pointer.
Fix the issue by checking if valid domain is passed in. Signed-off-by: Volodymyr Babchuk <volodymyr_babc...@epam.com> --- This issue was found by the xen fuzzer ([1]) [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250315003544.1101488-1-volodymyr_babc...@epam.com/ --- xen/common/vm_event.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/xen/common/vm_event.c b/xen/common/vm_event.c index fbf1aa0848..a4c233de52 100644 --- a/xen/common/vm_event.c +++ b/xen/common/vm_event.c @@ -600,6 +600,13 @@ int vm_event_domctl(struct domain *d, struct xen_domctl_vm_event_op *vec) return 0; } + if ( unlikely(!d) ) + { + gdprintk(XENLOG_INFO, + "Tried to do a memory event op on invalid domain\n"); + return -EINVAL; + } + rc = xsm_vm_event_control(XSM_PRIV, d, vec->mode, vec->op); if ( rc ) return rc; -- 2.48.1