diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_el1h.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_el1h.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 ARM Limited
+ *
+ * Try to mangle the ucontext from inside a signal handler, toggling
+ * the mode bit to escalate exception level: this attempt must be spotted
+ * by Kernel and the test case is expected to be termninated via SEGV.
+ */
+
+#include "test_signals_utils.h"
+#include "testcases.h"
+
+#include "mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_template.h"
+
+DEFINE_TESTCASE_MANGLE_PSTATE_INVALID_MODE(1h);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_el1t.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_el1t.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 ARM Limited
+ *
+ * Try to mangle the ucontext from inside a signal handler, toggling
+ * the mode bit to escalate exception level: this attempt must be spotted
+ * by Kernel and the test case is expected to be termninated via SEGV.
+ */
+
+#include "test_signals_utils.h"
+#include "testcases.h"
+
+#include "mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_template.h"
+
+DEFINE_TESTCASE_MANGLE_PSTATE_INVALID_MODE(1t);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_el2h.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_el2h.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 ARM Limited
+ *
+ * Try to mangle the ucontext from inside a signal handler, toggling
+ * the mode bit to escalate exception level: this attempt must be spotted
+ * by Kernel and the test case is expected to be termninated via SEGV.
+ */
+
+#include "test_signals_utils.h"
+#include "testcases.h"
+
+#include "mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_template.h"
+
+DEFINE_TESTCASE_MANGLE_PSTATE_INVALID_MODE(2h);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_el2t.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_el2t.c
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+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_el2t.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 ARM Limited
+ *
+ * Try to mangle the ucontext from inside a signal handler, toggling
+ * the mode bit to escalate exception level: this attempt must be spotted
+ * by Kernel and the test case is expected to be termninated via SEGV.
+ */
+
+#include "test_signals_utils.h"
+#include "testcases.h"
+
+#include "mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_template.h"
+
+DEFINE_TESTCASE_MANGLE_PSTATE_INVALID_MODE(2t);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_el3h.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_el3h.c
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+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_el3h.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 ARM Limited
+ *
+ * Try to mangle the ucontext from inside a signal handler, toggling
+ * the mode bit to escalate exception level: this attempt must be spotted
+ * by Kernel and the test case is expected to be termninated via SEGV.
+ */
+
+#include "test_signals_utils.h"
+#include "testcases.h"
+
+#include "mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_template.h"
+
+DEFINE_TESTCASE_MANGLE_PSTATE_INVALID_MODE(3h);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_el3t.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_el3t.c
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+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_el3t.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 ARM Limited
+ *
+ * Try to mangle the ucontext from inside a signal handler, toggling
+ * the mode bit to escalate exception level: this attempt must be spotted
+ * by Kernel and the test case is expected to be termninated via SEGV.
+ */
+
+#include "test_signals_utils.h"
+#include "testcases.h"
+
+#include "mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_template.h"
+
+DEFINE_TESTCASE_MANGLE_PSTATE_INVALID_MODE(3t);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_template.h b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/mangle_pstate_invalid_mode_template.h
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 ARM Limited
+ *
+ * Utility macro to ease definition of testcases toggling mode EL
+ */
+
+#define DEFINE_TESTCASE_MANGLE_PSTATE_INVALID_MODE(_mode)		\
+									\
+static int mangle_invalid_pstate_run(struct tdescr *td, siginfo_t *si,	\
+				     ucontext_t *uc)			\
+{									\
+	ASSERT_GOOD_CONTEXT(uc);					\
+									\
+	uc->uc_mcontext.pstate &= ~PSR_MODE_MASK;			\
+	uc->uc_mcontext.pstate |= PSR_MODE_EL ## _mode;			\
+									\
+	return 1;							\
+}									\
+									\
+struct tdescr tde = {							\
+		.sanity_disabled = true,				\
+		.name = "MANGLE_PSTATE_INVALID_MODE_EL"#_mode,		\
+		.descr = "Mangling uc_mcontext INVALID MODE EL"#_mode,	\
+		.sig_trig = SIGUSR1,					\
+		.sig_ok = SIGSEGV,					\
+		.run = mangle_invalid_pstate_run,			\
+}