Check that provider['options'] is a dictionary in validate-modules (#58078)

test/sanity/validate-modules/main.py

@@ -1177,6 +1177,13 @@ class ModuleValidator(Validator):
                 deprecated_args_from_argspec.add(arg)
                 deprecated_args_from_argspec.update(data.get('aliases', []))
             if arg == 'provider' and self.object_path.startswith('lib/ansible/modules/network/'):
+                if data.get('options') and not isinstance(data.get('options'), dict):
+                    self.reporter.error(
+                        path=self.object_path,
+                        code=331,
+                        msg="Argument 'options' in argument_spec['provider'] must be a dictionary/hash when used",
+                    )
+                else:
                     # Record provider options from network modules, for later comparison
                     for provider_arg, provider_data in data.get('options', {}).items():
                         provider_args.add(provider_arg)