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[PATCH 2/7] x86/vm86: Preserve orig_ax

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There is no legitimate reason for usermode to modify the orig_ax field on
entry to vm86 mode, so copy it from the 32-bit regs.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
index 75eab83..8424290 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ static void do_sys_vm86(struct kernel_vm86_struct *info, struct task_struct *tsk
 	info->regs.pt.flags |= info->regs32->flags & ~SAFE_MASK;
 	info->regs.pt.flags |= X86_VM_MASK;
 
+	info->regs.pt.orig_ax = info->regs32->orig_ax;
+
 	switch (info->cpu_type) {
 	case CPU_286:
 		tsk->thread.v86mask = 0;
-- 
2.4.3

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[PATCH 2/7] x86/vm86: Preserve orig_ax Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 13:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/7] x86/vm86: Preserve orig_ax Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-07-16 18:00 +0200

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