[RFC PATCH 5/6] kernel: insn: avoid virt_to_page() translations on core kernel symbols

Ard Biesheuvel ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org
Wed Feb 24 08:21:32 PST 2016


Before restricting virt_to_page() to the linear mapping, ensure that
the text patching code does not use it to resolve references into the
core kernel text, which is mapped in the vmalloc area.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
index 7371455160e5..219d3a5df142 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static void __kprobes *patch_map(void *addr, int fixmap)
 	if (module && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX))
 		page = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
 	else if (!module && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA))
-		page = virt_to_page(addr);
+		page = pfn_to_page(__pa(addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	else
 		return addr;
 
-- 
2.5.0




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