From 4e1187e12de40b5301977b2476d21b569358dafb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM)" Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:56:17 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: Restore KUAP registers on syscall restart exit During a syscall restart, block KUAP so that pending interrupts can be replayed. The original KUAP state is not restored before returning to userspace, causing subsequent userspace accesses to fault and eventually trigger bad_access_pkey(), crashing the kernel. The original KUAP register values are already saved in arch_enter_from_user_mode(). Restore them on the syscall restart exit path before returning to userspace. Fixes: bee25f97ad24 ("powerpc: Enable GENERIC_ENTRY feature") Reported-by: Sayali Patil Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/fcd11556-27ac-4cd7-8c77-50716dec6985@linux.ibm.com/ Signed-off-by: Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM) Tested-by: Sayali Patil [Maddy: Added Closes tag] Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260615162617.2861795-1-mkchauras@gmail.com --- arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c index 89a999be1352..f04978080837 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c @@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ notrace unsigned long syscall_exit_restart(unsigned long r3, struct pt_regs *reg goto again; } + kuap_user_restore(regs); regs->exit_result |= regs->exit_flags; return regs->exit_result;