Subject: [PATCH v6 15/15] arm64: mm: Unmap kernel data/bss entirely from the linear map

From: Ard Biesheuvel <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 19:59:02 +0200

From: Ard Biesheuvel <[email-masked]>

The linear aliases of the kernel text and rodata are mapped read-only in
the linear map as well. Given that the contents of these regions are
mostly identical to the version in the loadable image, mapping them
read-only and leaving their contents visible is a reasonable hardening
measure.

Data and bss, however, are now also mapped read-only but the contents of
these regions are more likely to contain data that we'd rather not leak.
So let's unmap these entirely in the linear map when the kernel is
running normally.

When going into hibernation or waking up from it, these regions need to
be mapped, so map the region initially, and toggle the valid bit so
map/unmap the region as needed. (While the hibernation snapshot logic
seems able to map inaccessible pages as needed, it currently disregards
non-present pages entirely.)

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <[email-masked]>
---
 arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index e7ca53d20b87..cb00e42abbe1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/set_memory.h>
+#include <linux/suspend.h>
 #include <linux/kfence.h>
 #include <linux/pkeys.h>
 #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
@@ -1056,6 +1057,29 @@ static void __init __map_memblock(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t end,
 				 end - start, prot, early_pgtable_alloc, flags);
 }
 
+static void remap_linear_data_alias(bool unmap)
+{
+	set_memory_valid((unsigned long)lm_alias(__init_end),
+			 (unsigned long)(__bss_stop - __init_end) / PAGE_SIZE,
+			 !unmap);
+}
+
+static int arm64_hibernate_pm_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
+				     unsigned long mode, void *unused)
+{
+	switch (mode) {
+	default:
+		break;
+	case PM_POST_HIBERNATION:
+		remap_linear_data_alias(true);
+		break;
+	case PM_HIBERNATION_PREPARE:
+		remap_linear_data_alias(false);
+		break;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void __init mark_linear_text_alias_ro(void)
 {
 	/*
@@ -1064,6 +1088,16 @@ void __init mark_linear_text_alias_ro(void)
 	update_mapping_prot(__pa_symbol(_text), (unsigned long)lm_alias(_text),
 			    (unsigned long)__init_begin - (unsigned long)_text,
 			    PAGE_KERNEL_RO);
+
+	remap_linear_data_alias(true);
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HIBERNATION)) {
+		static struct notifier_block nb = {
+			.notifier_call = arm64_hibernate_pm_notify
+		};
+
+		register_pm_notifier(&nb);
+	}
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KFENCE
@@ -1189,11 +1223,6 @@ static void __init map_mem(void)
 		__map_memblock(start, end, pgprot_tagged(PAGE_KERNEL),
 			       flags);
 	}
-
-	/* Map the kernel data/bss read-only in the linear map */
-	__map_memblock(init_end, kernel_end, PAGE_KERNEL_RO, flags);
-	flush_tlb_kernel_range((unsigned long)lm_alias(__init_end),
-			       (unsigned long)lm_alias(__bss_stop));
 }
 
 void mark_rodata_ro(void)
-- 
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