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Expand Up @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ initializes segment registers' last two bits with `DPL_USER`(= 3). `vm.c` also s
segment descriptor entries to `DPL_USER`.

With all this, hardware prevents a user program running at privilege level=3
switch its code segment to privilege level=0. User programs are also *not
from switching its code segment to privilege level=0. User programs are also *not
allowed* to change GDT, IDT, etc. as they are *privileged instructions* (list of
privileged instructions is given in Section 5.9 Intel SDM Volume 3A). If a user
program tries to run these instructions a general protection fault is raised by
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