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MFC r328011,329162

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MFC r328011,329162

r328011:

Provide some mitigation against CVE-2017-5715 by clearing registers
upon returning from the guest which aren't immediately clobbered by
the host. This eradicates any remaining guest contents limiting their
usefulness in an exploit gadget.

r329162:

Provide further mitigation against CVE-2017-5715 by flushing the
return stack buffer (RSB) upon returning from the guest.

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tychonAuthored on
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rS330703: lualoader: Cache kernel list
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