From: Jan Beulich Subject: x86: fix slow int80 path after XPTI additions For the int80 slow path to jump to handle_exception_saved, %r14 needs to be set up suitably for XPTI purposes. This is because of the difference in nature between the int80 path (which is synchronous WRT guest actions) and the exception path which is potentially asynchronous. This is XSA-259. Reported-by: Andrew Cooper Reported-by: Andrew Cooper Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper --- a/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/entry.S +++ b/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/entry.S @@ -442,6 +442,12 @@ int80_slow_path: movl $TRAP_gp_fault,UREGS_entry_vector(%rsp) /* A GPF wouldn't have incremented the instruction pointer. */ subq $2,UREGS_rip(%rsp) + /* + * While we've cleared xen_cr3 above already, normal exception handling + * code has logic to restore the original value from %r15. Therefore we + * need to set up %r14 here, while %r15 is required to still be zero. + */ + GET_STACK_BASE(%r14) jmp handle_exception_saved /* CREATE A BASIC EXCEPTION FRAME ON GUEST OS STACK: */