From: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com,
Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>,
"Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH] ARM: mm: fix kexec and hibernation with CONFIG_CPU_TTBR0_PAN
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 17:08:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260523000839.430550-1-florian.fainelli@broadcom.com> (raw)
Commit 7af5b901e847 ("ARM: 9358/2: Implement PAN for LPAE by TTBR0
page table walks disablement") implemented PAN for LPAE kernels by
setting TTBCR.EPD0 on every kernel entry, disabling TTBR0 page-table
walks while running in kernel mode. The commit correctly updated
cpu_suspend() in arch/arm/kernel/suspend.c, but missed two other code
paths that switch the CPU to the identity mapping before jumping to
low-PA (TTBR0-range) physical addresses:
1. setup_mm_for_reboot() in arch/arm/mm/idmap.c, used by the kexec
reboot path. With TTBCR.EPD0 still set, the subsequent branch to
the identity-mapped cpu_v7_reset causes a PrefetchAbort because the
TTBR0 page-table walk needed to resolve the identity-mapped address
is disabled. This manifests as a hard hang or "bad PC value" panic
on LPAE kernels booted on CPUs that strictly enforce EPD0 for
instruction fetch (e.g. Cortex-A53 in AArch32 mode) while the same
image may accidentally work on Cortex-A15 due to microarchitectural
differences in EPD0 enforcement.
2. arch_restore_image() in arch/arm/kernel/hibernate.c, which calls
cpu_switch_mm(idmap_pgd, &init_mm) directly without going through
setup_mm_for_reboot(), leaving TTBCR.EPD0 set while the identity
mapping is active.
Fix both sites by calling uaccess_save_and_enable() before switching
to the identity mapping, mirroring what the original commit did for
cpu_suspend().
Fixes: 7af5b901e847 ("ARM: 9358/2: Implement PAN for LPAE by TTBR0 page table walks disablement")
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Assisted-by: Cursor:claude-sonnet-4.6
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
---
arch/arm/kernel/hibernate.c | 10 ++++++++++
arch/arm/mm/idmap.c | 12 ++++++++++++
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hibernate.c b/arch/arm/kernel/hibernate.c
index 38a90a3d12b2..231a76af09a0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/hibernate.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hibernate.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <asm/suspend.h>
#include <asm/page.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>
+#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include "reboot.h"
int pfn_is_nosave(unsigned long pfn)
@@ -82,6 +83,15 @@ static void notrace arch_restore_image(void *unused)
{
struct pbe *pbe;
+ /*
+ * With CONFIG_CPU_TTBR0_PAN enabled, TTBCR.EPD0 is set to block
+ * TTBR0 page-table walks. The identity mapping used here lives at
+ * low (user-space) virtual addresses and is only reachable via
+ * TTBR0, so re-enable those walks before switching page tables.
+ * On non-PAN kernels this is a no-op.
+ */
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPU_TTBR0_PAN))
+ uaccess_save_and_enable();
cpu_switch_mm(idmap_pgd, &init_mm);
for (pbe = restore_pblist; pbe; pbe = pbe->next)
copy_page(pbe->orig_address, pbe->address);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/idmap.c b/arch/arm/mm/idmap.c
index 4a833e89782a..70403e968d2a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/idmap.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/idmap.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <asm/pgalloc.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>
#include <asm/system_info.h>
+#include <asm/uaccess.h>
/*
* Note: accesses outside of the kernel image and the identity map area
@@ -133,6 +134,17 @@ early_initcall(init_static_idmap);
*/
void setup_mm_for_reboot(void)
{
+ /*
+ * With CONFIG_CPU_TTBR0_PAN enabled, TTBCR.EPD0 is set whenever
+ * user-space access is disabled in order to block TTBR0 page-table
+ * walks. The identity mapping lives at low (user-space) virtual
+ * addresses and can only be reached via TTBR0, so we must re-enable
+ * those walks before switching page tables. On non-PAN kernels this
+ * is a no-op.
+ */
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPU_TTBR0_PAN))
+ uaccess_save_and_enable();
+
/* Switch to the identity mapping. */
cpu_switch_mm(idmap_pgd, &init_mm);
local_flush_bp_all();
--
2.34.1
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