CVE-2023-54241: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  MIPS: KVM: Fix NULL pointer dereference  After commit 45c7e8af4a5e3f0bea4ac209 ("MIPS: Remove KVM_TE support") we get a NULL pointer dereference when creating a KVM guest:  [  146.243409] Starting KVM with MIPS VZ extensions [  149.849151] CPU 3 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000000000300, epc == ffffffffc06356ec, ra == ffffffffc063568c [  149.849177] Oops[#1]: [  149.849182] CPU: 3 PID: 2265 Comm: qemu-system-mip Not tainted 6.4.0-rc3+ #1671 [  149.849188] Hardware name: THTF CX TL630 Series/THTF-LS3A4000-7A1000-ML4A, BIOS KL4.1F.TF.D.166.201225.R 12/25/2020 [  149.849192] $ 0   : 0000000000000000 000000007400cce0 0000000000400004 ffffffff8119c740 [  149.849209] $ 4   : 000000007400cce1 000000007400cce1 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [  149.849221] $ 8   : 000000240058bb36 ffffffff81421ac0 0000000000000000 0000000000400dc0 [  149.849233] $12   : 9800000102a07cc8 ffffffff80e40e38 0000000000000001 0000000000400dc0 [  149.849245] $16   : 0000000000000000 9800000106cd0000 9800000106cd0000 9800000100cce000 [  149.849257] $20   : ffffffffc0632b28 ffffffffc05b31b0 9800000100ccca00 0000000000400000 [  149.849269] $24   : 9800000106cd09ce ffffffff802f69d0 [  149.849281] $28   : 9800000102a04000 9800000102a07cd0 98000001106a8000 ffffffffc063568c [  149.849293] Hi    : 00000335b2111e66 [  149.849295] Lo    : 6668d90061ae0ae9 [  149.849298] epc   : ffffffffc06356ec kvm_vz_vcpu_setup+0xc4/0x328 [kvm] [  149.849324] ra    : ffffffffc063568c kvm_vz_vcpu_setup+0x64/0x328 [kvm] [  149.849336] Status: 7400cce3 KX SX UX KERNEL EXL IE [  149.849351] Cause : 1000000c (ExcCode 03) [  149.849354] BadVA : 0000000000000300 [  149.849357] PrId  : 0014c004 (ICT Loongson-3) [  149.849360] Modules linked in: kvm nfnetlink_queue nfnetlink_log nfnetlink fuse sha256_generic libsha256 cfg80211 rfkill binfmt_misc vfat fat snd_hda_codec_hdmi input_leds led_class snd_hda_intel snd_intel_dspcfg snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_pcm snd_timer snd serio_raw xhci_pci radeon drm_suballoc_helper drm_display_helper xhci_hcd ip_tables x_tables [  149.849432] Process qemu-system-mip (pid: 2265, threadinfo=00000000ae2982d2, task=0000000038e09ad4, tls=000000ffeba16030) [  149.849439] Stack : 9800000000000003 9800000100ccca00 9800000100ccc000 ffffffffc062cef4 [  149.849453]         9800000102a07d18 c89b63a7ab338e00 0000000000000000 ffffffff811a0000 [  149.849465]         0000000000000000 9800000106cd0000 ffffffff80e59938 98000001106a8920 [  149.849476]         ffffffff80e57f30 ffffffffc062854c ffffffff811a0000 9800000102bf4240 [  149.849488]         ffffffffc05b0000 ffffffff80e3a798 000000ff78000000 000000ff78000010 [  149.849500]         0000000000000255 98000001021f7de0 98000001023f0078 ffffffff81434000 [  149.849511]         0000000000000000 0000000000000000 9800000102ae0000 980000025e92ae28 [  149.849523]         0000000000000000 c89b63a7ab338e00 0000000000000001 ffffffff8119dce0 [  149.849535]         000000ff78000010 ffffffff804f3d3c 9800000102a07eb0 0000000000000255 [  149.849546]         0000000000000000 ffffffff8049460c 000000ff78000010 0000000000000255 [  149.849558]         ... [  149.849565] Call Trace: [  149.849567] [<ffffffffc06356ec>] kvm_vz_vcpu_setup+0xc4/0x328 [kvm] [  149.849586] [<ffffffffc062cef4>] kvm_arch_vcpu_create+0x184/0x228 [kvm] [  149.849605] [<ffffffffc062854c>] kvm_vm_ioctl+0x64c/0xf28 [kvm] [  149.849623] [<ffffffff805209c0>] sys_ioctl+0xc8/0x118 [  149.849631] [<ffffffff80219eb0>] syscall_common+0x34/0x58  The root cause is the deletion of kvm_mips_commpage_init() leaves vcpu ->arch.cop0 NULL. So fix it by making cop0 from a pointer to an embedded object.