[PATCH v2 4/9] arm64: insn: avoid virt_to_page() translations on core kernel symbols
Ard Biesheuvel
ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org
Wed Mar 30 07:45:59 PDT 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..368c08290dd8 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(PHYS_PFN(__pa(addr)));
else
return addr;
--
2.5.0
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