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If there is no context switch happens after we enable V for a process,
then we return to user space with whatever left on the CPU's V registers
accessible to the process. The leaked data could belong to another
process's V-context saved from last context switch, impacting process's
confidentiality on the system.
To prevent this from happening, we clear V registers by restoring
zero'd V context after turining on V.
Fixes: cd05483724 ("riscv: Allocate user's vector context in the first-use trap")
Signed-off-by: Andy Chiu <andy.chiu@sifive.com>
Reviewed-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@rivosinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230627015556.12329-2-andy.chiu@sifive.com
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
Linux kernel
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