From f01483ff926b172b01bfff5674c3fe7ed0cf49e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zhiwei Liang <zliang@akamai.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:30:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix salt-cloud get_cloud_config_value for list objects

---
 changelog/65789.fixed.md               |  1 +
 salt/config/__init__.py                |  4 ++-
 tests/pytests/unit/cloud/test_cloud.py | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog/65789.fixed.md

diff --git a/changelog/65789.fixed.md b/changelog/65789.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cda794d8bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/65789.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix salt-cloud get_cloud_config_value for list objects
diff --git a/salt/config/__init__.py b/salt/config/__init__.py
index 14aa7061a92..4d3a3e826e8 100644
--- a/salt/config/__init__.py
+++ b/salt/config/__init__.py
@@ -3248,7 +3248,9 @@ def get_cloud_config_value(name, vm_, opts, default=None, search_global=True):
         # Let's get the value from the profile, if present
         if "profile" in vm_ and vm_["profile"] is not None:
             if name in opts["profiles"][vm_["profile"]]:
-                if isinstance(value, dict):
+                if isinstance(value, dict) and isinstance(
+                    opts["profiles"][vm_["profile"]][name], dict
+                ):
                     value.update(opts["profiles"][vm_["profile"]][name].copy())
                 else:
                     value = deepcopy(opts["profiles"][vm_["profile"]][name])
diff --git a/tests/pytests/unit/cloud/test_cloud.py b/tests/pytests/unit/cloud/test_cloud.py
index 5d16c2d2cd8..b227a7977f0 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/unit/cloud/test_cloud.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/unit/cloud/test_cloud.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from salt.cloud import Cloud
+from salt.config import get_cloud_config_value
 from salt.exceptions import SaltCloudSystemExit
 from tests.support.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
@@ -194,7 +195,6 @@ def test_vm_config_merger_nooverridevalue():
 
 @pytest.mark.skip_on_fips_enabled_platform
 def test_cloud_run_profile_create_returns_boolean(master_config):
-
     master_config["profiles"] = {"test_profile": {"provider": "test_provider:saltify"}}
     master_config["providers"] = {
         "test_provider": {
@@ -213,3 +213,50 @@ def test_cloud_run_profile_create_returns_boolean(master_config):
         with pytest.raises(SaltCloudSystemExit):
             ret = cloud.run_profile("test_profile", ["test_vm"])
             assert ret == {"test_vm": False}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "value",
+    [
+        [{"key1": "value1"}, {"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2"}],
+        ["a", "b"],
+        [1, 2, 4],
+        {"key1": "value1", "key2": 123},
+        "some text",
+        1234,
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_cloud_config_value(value):
+    value_name = "test_value_name"
+    opts = {
+        "providers": {
+            "my-cool-cloud-provider": {
+                "cool-cloud": {
+                    "driver": "cool-cloud",
+                    "profiles": {
+                        "my-cool-cloud-profile": {
+                            "provider": "my-cool-cloud-provider:cool-cloud",
+                            value_name: value,
+                            "profile": "my-cool-cloud-profile",
+                        }
+                    },
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "profiles": {
+            "my-cool-cloud-profile": {
+                "provider": "my-cool-cloud-provider:cool-cloud",
+                value_name: value,
+                "profile": "my-cool-cloud-profile",
+            }
+        },
+        "profile": "my-cool-cloud-profile",
+    }
+    vm_ = {
+        value_name: value,
+        "profile": "my-cool-cloud-profile",
+        "driver": "cool-cloud",
+    }
+
+    result = get_cloud_config_value(value_name, vm_, opts)
+    assert result == value