AArch64: Fix truncation of literal load target address (#2878)

[DanielBotnik]

Fixes #2878

Problem

The target address of AArch64 literal load instructions (e.g. ldr x8, <label>) was truncated to 32 bits:

> cstool -d aarch64 a8792958 0x100c894d4
100c894d4  a8 79 29 58  ldr	x8, 0x100cdc408
	...
		operands[1].type: MEM
			operands[1].mem.disp: 0xcdc408    <-- truncated from 0x100cdc408

Cause

Literal load instructions map their $label operand as CS_OP_IMM | CS_OP_MEM. The AlignedLabel operand group computes the absolute PC-relative target address (MI->address + offset) and passes it to AArch64_set_detail_op_imm(). Because the MEM bit is set, that helper stored the value into the memory displacement field mem.disp, which is an int32_t. Target addresses above 32 bits were therefore silently truncated (0x100cdc408 → 0xcdc408).

Fix

Emit the literal load target as a 64-bit immediate, like adr/adrp do and as Capstone did prior to 6.x. This restores the correct operand type (IMM) and avoids the truncation:

100c894d4  a8 79 29 58  ldr	x8, 0x100cdc408
	...
		operands[1].type: IMM = 0x100cdc408

Regular base+offset loads (ldr x0, [x1, #0x18]) and branch targets are unaffected.

Tests

• Added a regression test in tests/issues/issues.yaml.
• All existing AArch64 detail and MC tests pass (8689 cases, 0 failures).

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[Rot127]

LLVM doesn't set the loading bit for prefetch instructions. In fact it explicitly sets it to 0.
What is the rational behind that one?

[Rot127]

There is a helper function for that

[Rot127]

Also delete the patch file please. I patched it here: capstone-engine/llvm-capstone#92

[Rot127]

That instruction wasn't changed here? Why a test?

[DanielBotnik]

Thanks for the review! I've addressed all the points:

Patch file / prefetch loading bit / tests/details/aarch64.yaml changes — These came from a stale local duplicate of #2802 (commit 567abc8b) that got accidentally based into this branch before #2929 landed on next. I've rebased the branch onto current next, so all of that is gone — the PR now only touches arch/AArch64/AArch64Mapping.c and tests/issues/issues.yaml. So the 01_register_offset_mem_access.patch file is no longer part of this PR.

"There is a helper function for that" — Agreed. I reverted the AArch64_OP_GROUP_AlignedLabel handler so it goes back to using AArch64_set_detail_op_imm() (like the AdrLabel/AdrpLabel cases), instead of manually assigning the operand fields.

The actual truncation bug is in AArch64_set_detail_op_imm() itself: it diverted every operand carrying the CS_OP_MEM flag into the int32_t mem.disp field. The literal-load $label operand is flagged IMM|MEM, and its value is a PC-relative target address that can exceed 32 bits, so it got truncated.

The fix now only diverts an immediate into mem.disp when a memory operand is actually being assembled — i.e. its base register was just set (prev_is_mem_base) or the previous operand is a write-back base for a post-indexed offset (prev_is_membase_wb). A standalone IMM|MEM immediate (the literal-load target) is emitted as a full 64-bit immediate, consistent with adr/adrp.

Validated against the full AArch64 suite (tests/issues, tests/details/aarch64.yaml, tests/MC/AArch64/*): 9067 cases, 0 failures.

[Rot127]

Look, I appreciate that you use Capstone in your project and want to fix the bugs.

But if you use AI I expect at a bare minimum, that you review the code yourself or let it review by your human if you are a bot.

You just changed every single line in the c files in this PR. Although the first attempt was even kinda correct.

Feel free to try it another time when you (or your human) has time to review the local changes before asking us to spend time on reviewing it.