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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/umip.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/umip.c b/arch/x86/kernel/umip.c index 548fefed71ee..8ccef6c495dc 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/umip.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/umip.c @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ /* - * umip.c Emulation for instruction protected by the Intel User-Mode - * Instruction Prevention feature + * umip.c Emulation for instruction protected by the User-Mode Instruction + * Prevention feature * * Copyright (c) 2017, Intel Corporation. * Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com> @@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ /** DOC: Emulation for User-Mode Instruction Prevention (UMIP) * - * The feature User-Mode Instruction Prevention present in recent Intel - * processor prevents a group of instructions (SGDT, SIDT, SLDT, SMSW and STR) - * from being executed with CPL > 0. Otherwise, a general protection fault is - * issued. + * User-Mode Instruction Prevention is a security feature present in recent + * x86 processors that, when enabled, prevents a group of instructions (SGDT, + * SIDT, SLDT, SMSW and STR) from being run in user mode by issuing a general + * protection fault if the instruction is executed with CPL > 0. * * Rather than relaying to the user space the general protection fault caused by * the UMIP-protected instructions (in the form of a SIGSEGV signal), it can be |