When running on 32bit the mce handler could misinterpret
vm86 mode as ring 0. This can affect whether it does recovery
or not; it was possible to panic when recovery was actually
possible.
Fix this by always forcing vm86 to look like ring 3.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
if (m->mcgstatus & (MCG_STATUS_RIPV|MCG_STATUS_EIPV)) {
m->ip = regs->ip;
m->cs = regs->cs;
+
+ /*
+ * When in VM86 mode make the cs look like ring 3
+ * always. This is a lie, but it's better than passing
+ * the additional vm86 bit around everywhere.
+ */
+ if (v8086_mode(regs))
+ m->cs |= 3;
}
/* Use accurate RIP reporting if available. */
if (rip_msr)