x86/syscall: Clear unused extra registers on 32-bit compatible syscall entrance
CVE-2017-5753 CVE-2017-5715 To prevent the unused registers %r8-%r15, from being used speculatively, we clear them upon syscall entrance for code hygiene in 32 bit compatible mode. Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> (backported from commit 85910f3f9cd728acce9ef34a6df4f8bf8714d006) Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
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