From 6f7bceb193cb043c3b4d8f69c44ff43679cca8a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doug MacEachern <dougm@broadcom.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:51:03 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: vcsim: avoid possible panic when applying PropertyFilter

Signed-off-by: Doug MacEachern <dougm@broadcom.com>
---
 simulator/property_filter.go | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/simulator/property_filter.go b/simulator/property_filter.go
index ca6f42423..95f4a597e 100644
--- a/simulator/property_filter.go
+++ b/simulator/property_filter.go
@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ func (f *PropertyFilter) matches(ctx *Context, ref types.ManagedObjectReference,
 	for _, p := range f.Spec.PropSet {
 		if p.Type != ref.Type {
 			if kind == nil {
-				kind = getManagedObject(ctx.Map.Get(ref)).Type()
+				obj := ctx.Map.Get(ref)
+				if obj == nil { // object may have since been deleted
+					continue
+				}
+				kind = getManagedObject(obj).Type()
 			}
 			// e.g. ManagedEntity, ComputeResource
 			field, ok := kind.FieldByName(p.Type)