1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 7d90ceb882a4..ffc7be104fc2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -828,6 +828,13 @@ mm_fault_error(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
                unsigned long address, unsigned int fault)
 {
         if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM) {
+                /* Kernel mode? Handle exceptions or die: */
+                if (!(error_code & PF_USER)) {
+                        up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+                        no_context(regs, error_code, address);
+                        return;
+                }
+
                 out_of_memory(regs, error_code, address);
         } else {
                 if (fault & (VM_FAULT_SIGBUS|VM_FAULT_HWPOISON|