Linux x86/MCE - CS register not saved on AMD Zen Instruction Fetch Poison errors: On AMD Zen systems, the Instruction

Impact

On AMD Zen systems, the Instruction Fetch unit does not report the address of a poisoned (uncorrectable-error) instruction fetch, and the kernel was not saving the CS register either - so when memory corruption hits an instruction fetch, you lose the information needed to attribute it. On a GPU training fleet where uncorrectable memory errors are a routine operational event, losing attribution means you cannot tell which tenant's job hit the bad memory or which DIMM to replace.

Who can reach it

Not attacker-driven. This is an observability failure on the machine-check path.

What to do

Fixed in the Linux kernel. Distro kernel update plus reboot. Worth taking on any fleet where you do RAS-driven node retirement - without it your machine-check records are missing the field you need to act on.

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