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diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index c2b66a277e98..5d2779aa4bbe 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -205,6 +205,26 @@ extern struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs;
} \
static inline long SYSC##name(__MAP(x,__SC_DECL,__VA_ARGS__))
+/*
+ * Called before coming back to user-mode. Returning to user-mode with an
+ * address limit different than USER_DS can allow to overwrite kernel memory.
+ */
+static inline void addr_limit_user_check(void)
+{
+#ifdef TIF_FSCHECK
+ if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_FSCHECK))
+ return;
+#endif
+
+ if (CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(!segment_eq(get_fs(), USER_DS),
+ "Invalid address limit on user-mode return"))
+ force_sig(SIGKILL, current);
+
+#ifdef TIF_FSCHECK
+ clear_thread_flag(TIF_FSCHECK);
+#endif
+}
+
asmlinkage long sys32_quotactl(unsigned int cmd, const char __user *special,
qid_t id, void __user *addr);
asmlinkage long sys_time(time_t __user *tloc);