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diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
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--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
@@ -418,6 +418,13 @@ sysretl_from_sys_call:
* cs and ss are loaded from MSRs.
* (Note: 32bit->32bit SYSRET is different: since r11
* does not exist, it merely sets eflags.IF=1).
+ *
+ * NB: On AMD CPUs with the X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS bug, the ss
+ * descriptor is not reinitialized. This means that we must
+ * avoid SYSRET with SS == NULL, which could happen if we schedule,
+ * exit the kernel, and re-enter using an interrupt vector. (All
+ * interrupt entries on x86_64 set SS to NULL.) We prevent that
+ * from happening by reloading SS in __switch_to.
*/
USERGS_SYSRET32