The function save_v86_state is only called when userspace was operating in vm86 mode before entering the kernel. Not having vm86 state in the task_struct should never happen. So transform the hand rolled BUG_ON into an actual BUG_ON to make it clear what is happening. Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: H Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c index e5a7a10a0164..63486da77272 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c @@ -106,10 +106,8 @@ void save_v86_state(struct kernel_vm86_regs *regs, int retval) */ local_irq_enable(); - if (!vm86 || !vm86->user_vm86) { - pr_alert("no user_vm86: BAD\n"); - do_exit(SIGSEGV); - } + BUG_ON(!vm86 || !vm86->user_vm86); + set_flags(regs->pt.flags, VEFLAGS, X86_EFLAGS_VIF | vm86->veflags_mask); user = vm86->user_vm86; -- 2.20.1