1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sigframe.h b/arch/x86/kernel/sigframe.h
index 72bbb519d2dc..6dd7e2b70a4b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sigframe.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sigframe.h
@@ -3,9 +3,18 @@ struct sigframe {
         char __user *pretcode;
         int sig;
         struct sigcontext sc;
-        struct _fpstate fpstate;
+        /*
+         * fpstate is unused. fpstate is moved/allocated after
+         * retcode[] below. This movement allows to have the FP state and the
+         * future state extensions (xsave) stay together.
+         * And at the same time retaining the unused fpstate, prevents changing
+         * the offset of extramask[] in the sigframe and thus prevent any
+         * legacy application accessing/modifying it.
+         */
+        struct _fpstate fpstate_unused;
         unsigned long extramask[_NSIG_WORDS-1];
         char retcode[8];
+        /* fp state follows here */
 };
 
 struct rt_sigframe {
@@ -15,13 +24,14 @@ struct rt_sigframe {
         void __user *puc;
         struct siginfo info;
         struct ucontext uc;
-        struct _fpstate fpstate;
         char retcode[8];
+        /* fp state follows here */
 };
 #else
 struct rt_sigframe {
         char __user *pretcode;
         struct ucontext uc;
         struct siginfo info;
+        /* fp state follows here */
 };
 #endif