Re: [PATCH] s390/extable: Fix mvcos instruction decoding

From: Sven Schnelle

Date: Mon Oct 12 2026 - 02:39:13 EST


Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> If either the b1 or b2 field of the mvcos instruction is zero, register
> zero is not used for address computation; zero is used instead, according
> to the architecture. ex_handler_ua_mvcos() incorrectly uses the real
> contents of register zero. Fix this.
>
> This shouldn't be a problem for any generated code, since the compiler
> would only generate such code if it is possible to prove at compile time
> that either the source or destination address is within the first 4kb of
> the designated address space. Such code should not exist (also confirmed
> by an allyesconfig build and decoding all ~7000 mvcos instructions).
>
> Fixes: c488f5187a24 ("s390/uaccess: Shorten raw_copy_from_user() / raw_copy_to_user() inline assemblies")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/s390/mm/extable.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/extable.c b/arch/s390/mm/extable.c
> index 7498e858c401..848855da9a70 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/mm/extable.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/mm/extable.c
> @@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ static bool ex_handler_ua_mvcos(const struct exception_table_entry *ex,
> regs->psw.addr = extable_fixup(ex);
> insn = (struct insn_ssf *)regs->psw.addr;
> if (from)
> - uaddr = regs->gprs[insn->b2] + insn->d2;
> + uaddr = (insn->b2 ? regs->gprs[insn->b2] : 0) + insn->d2;
> else
> - uaddr = regs->gprs[insn->b1] + insn->d1;
> + uaddr = (insn->b1 ? regs->gprs[insn->b1] : 0) + insn->d1;
> remainder = PAGE_SIZE - (uaddr & (PAGE_SIZE - 1));
> if (regs->gprs[insn->r3] <= remainder)
> remainder = 0;

Reviewed-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>