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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index bdf2dd141598..77a7581dcb1c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -1151,6 +1151,16 @@ void __kprobes program_check_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
}
#endif
+ /*
+ * If we took the program check in the kernel skip down to sending a
+ * SIGILL. The subsequent cases all relate to emulating instructions
+ * which we should only do for userspace. We also do not want to enable
+ * interrupts for kernel faults because that might lead to further
+ * faults, and loose the context of the original exception.
+ */
+ if (!user_mode(regs))
+ goto sigill;
+
/* We restore the interrupt state now */
if (!arch_irq_disabled_regs(regs))
local_irq_enable();
@@ -1179,6 +1189,7 @@ void __kprobes program_check_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
}
}
+sigill:
if (reason & REASON_PRIVILEGED)
_exception(SIGILL, regs, ILL_PRVOPC, regs->nip);
else