From: Thomas Gleixner Force the entry through the trampoline only when KPTI is active. Otherwise go through the normal entry code. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c @@ -1458,7 +1458,10 @@ void syscall_init(void) (entry_SYSCALL_64_trampoline - _entry_trampoline); wrmsr(MSR_STAR, 0, (__USER32_CS << 16) | __KERNEL_CS); - wrmsrl(MSR_LSTAR, SYSCALL64_entry_trampoline); + if (static_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_SECURE_MODE_KPTI)) + wrmsrl(MSR_LSTAR, SYSCALL64_entry_trampoline); + else + wrmsrl(MSR_LSTAR, (unsigned long)entry_SYSCALL_64); #ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION wrmsrl(MSR_CSTAR, (unsigned long)entry_SYSCALL_compat);