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().
Assisted-by: Cursor:claude-sonnet-4.6
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>
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
#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)
{
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);
#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
*/
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();