Re: Stable linux-5.10.x regression triggered by MDS mitigation

[Jari Ruusu]

On Monday, June 24th, 2024 at 20:09, Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Below patch (for v6.10-rc5) should fix this. I didn't send this patch
> earlier because I havn't got a chance to make sure if it will work for
> other cases like modify_ldt().

Thank you for fixing this regression.

I tested your patch on 32-bit linux-5.10.220 inside VM, and now
dosemu seems to work OK.

I do have a related question:
In SYSENTER code path (that is not used by virtual-8086 mode),
there is CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS just before STI and SYSEXIT, but that
CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS happens after flags are restored with POPFL.
VERW opcode inside that CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS modifies ZF flag.
Is that ZF flag damage OK?

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