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The 4-to-5 level mode switch trampoline disables long mode and paging in
order to be able to flick the LA57 bit. According to section 3.4.1.1 of
the x86 architecture manual [0], 64-bit GPRs might not retain the upper
32 bits of their contents across such a mode switch.
Given that RBP, RBX and RSI are live at this point, preserve them on the
stack, along with the return address that might be above 4G as well.
[0] Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 1: Basic Architecture
"Because the upper 32 bits of 64-bit general-purpose registers are
undefined in 32-bit modes, the upper 32 bits of any general-purpose
register are not preserved when switching from 64-bit mode to a 32-bit
mode (to protected mode or compatibility mode). Software must not
depend on these bits to maintain a value after a 64-bit to 32-bit
mode switch."
Fixes: 194a9749c7 ("x86/boot/compressed/64: Handle 5-level paging boot if kernel is above 4G")
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230807162720.545787-2-ardb@kernel.org
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