The 64-bit code already clears EFLAGS as soon as it has a stack. This seems like a reasonable precaution, so do it on 32 bits as well. [ Impact: extra paranoia ] Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ ENTRY(startup_32)
/* Set up the stack */
leal boot_stack_end(%ebx), %esp
+ /* Zero EFLAGS */
+ pushl $0
+ popfl
+
/*
* Copy the compressed kernel to the end of our buffer
* where decompression in place becomes safe.