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  - arm64/entry: Mask DAIF in cpu_switch_to(), call_on_irq_stack() `cpu_switch_to()` and `call_on_irq_stack()`     manipulate SP to change to different stacks along with the Shadow Call Stack if it is enabled. Those two     stack changes cannot be done atomically and both functions can be interrupted by SErrors or Debug     Exceptions which, though unlikely, is very much broken : if interrupted, we can end up with mismatched     stacks and Shadow Call Stack leading to clobbered stacks. In `cpu_switch_to()`, it can happen when SP_EL0     points to the new task, but x18 stills points to the old task's SCS. When the interrupt handler tries to     save the task's SCS pointer, it will save the old task SCS pointer (x18) into the new task struct (pointed     to by SP_EL0), clobbering it. In `call_on_irq_stack()`, it can happen when switching from the task stack     to the IRQ stack and when switching back. In both cases, we can be interrupted when the SCS pointer points     to the IRQ SCS, but SP points to the task stack. The nested interrupt handler pushes its return addresses     on the IRQ SCS. It then detects that SP points to the task stack, calls `call_on_irq_stack()` and clobbers     the task SCS pointer with the IRQ SCS pointer, which it will also use ! This leads to tasks returning to     addresses on the wrong SCS, or even on the IRQ SCS, triggering kernel panics via CONFIG_VMAP_STACK or FPAC     if enabled. This is possible on a default config, but unlikely. However, when enabling     CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI, DAIF is unmasked and instead the GIC is responsible for filtering what interrupts     the CPU should receive based on priority. Given the goal of emulating NMIs, pseudo-NMIs can be received by     the CPU even in `cpu_switch_to()` and `call_on_irq_stack()`, possibly *very* frequently depending on the     system configuration and workload, leading to unpredictable kernel panics. Completely mask DAIF in     `cpu_switch_to()` and restore it when returning. Do the same in `call_on_irq_stack()`, but restore and     mask around the branch. Mask DAIF even if CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK is not enabled for consistency of     behaviour between all configurations. Introduce and use an assembly macro for saving and masking DAIF, as     the existing one saves but only masks IF. (CVE-2025-38670)

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