1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
index 62acb613114b..a9d637bc301d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
@@ -52,7 +52,12 @@ copy_to_user_mcsafe(void *to, const void *from, unsigned len)
 	unsigned long ret;
 
 	__uaccess_begin();
-	ret = memcpy_mcsafe(to, from, len);
+	/*
+	 * Note, __memcpy_mcsafe() is explicitly used since it can
+	 * handle exceptions / faults.  memcpy_mcsafe() may fall back to
+	 * memcpy() which lacks this handling.
+	 */
+	ret = __memcpy_mcsafe(to, from, len);
 	__uaccess_end();
 	return ret;
 }