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-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kernel/process.c17
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
index 4784011cecac..855137daafbf 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
@@ -422,16 +422,15 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long stack_start,
if (clone_flags & CLONE_SETTLS)
p->thread.uw.tp_value = tls;
} else {
+ /*
+ * A kthread has no context to ERET to, so ensure any buggy
+ * ERET is treated as an illegal exception return.
+ *
+ * When a user task is created from a kthread, childregs will
+ * be initialized by start_thread() or start_compat_thread().
+ */
memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
- childregs->pstate = PSR_MODE_EL1h;
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_UAO) &&
- cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_HAS_UAO))
- childregs->pstate |= PSR_UAO_BIT;
-
- spectre_v4_enable_task_mitigation(p);
-
- if (system_uses_irq_prio_masking())
- childregs->pmr_save = GIC_PRIO_IRQON;
+ childregs->pstate = PSR_MODE_EL1h | PSR_IL_BIT;
p->thread.cpu_context.x19 = stack_start;
p->thread.cpu_context.x20 = stk_sz;