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[PATCH] x86emul: SYSRET must change CPL



The special AMD behavior of leaving SS mostly alone wasn't really
complete: We need to adjust CPL aka SS.DPL.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

--- a/xen/arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c
@@ -6022,6 +6022,8 @@ x86_emulate(
 
             /* There's explicitly no RPL adjustment here. */
             sreg.sel = (msr_val >> 48) + 8;
+            /* But DPL needs adjustment, for the new CPL to be correct. */
+            sreg.dpl = 3;
         }
 
 #ifdef __x86_64__



 


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