[PATCH v5] ARM: imx: Fix suspend/resume crash with Clang CFI

From: Yo'av Moshe

Date: Sun Aug 30 2026 - 11:51:54 EST


The suspend code that runs from OCRAM is copied there with fncpy(),
which does not copy the kCFI type hash preceding the function. With
CONFIG_CFI=y the indirect call through imx6_suspend_in_ocram_fn
therefore panics.

Keep the call covered by CFI instead of exempting it:

- Add SYM_TYPED_FUNC_START_ALIGNED(), a variant of
SYM_TYPED_FUNC_START() that aligns the function entry rather than
the type hash preceding it, and use it to declare imx6_suspend():
fncpy() requires the entry point of the function it copies to be
8-byte aligned. The macro lives in arch/arm/include/asm/linkage.h
since the requirement comes from arm's fncpy().

- Add a cfi_type member at the end of struct imx6_cpu_pm_info, which
directly precedes the OCRAM copy of the function. It fits in the
struct's tail padding, so no sizes or offsets change. Fill it using
cfi_get_func_hash(), putting the hash where the caller's CFI check
expects it: four bytes before the function entry.

Also mark ccm_base, suspend_ocram_base and imx6_suspend_in_ocram_fn
as __ro_after_init: they are only written during __init, and the
function pointer in particular should not be writable afterwards.

Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Yo'av Moshe <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Tested on a Kobo Clara HD (i.MX6SLL) running postmarketOS
(clang/LLVM, CONFIG_CFI=y): suspend and resume work.

Note that with CONFIG_CFI=y this depends on commit 979c294509f9
("cfi: Include uaccess.h for get_kernel_nofault()"), already in
mainline, which stable backports would need as well.

Changes in v5:
- Drop the linux/uaccess.h include workaround, obsoleted by commit
979c294509f9 (Nick, Sami).
- Include linux/build_bug.h and linux/stddef.h for static_assert()
and offsetofend() (Nick).
- Replace the open-coded alignment pad with a new
SYM_TYPED_FUNC_START_ALIGNED() macro as sketched by Nick, placed in
arch/arm/include/asm/linkage.h as suggested by Sami.

Changes in v4:
- Drop the v3 __nocfi wrapper; keep the indirect call CFI-checked.
- Store the hash in a cfi_type member in the struct's tail padding
instead of open-coded pointer arithmetic.
- Use cfi_get_func_hash() instead of reading the hash manually.
- Use SYM_TYPED_FUNC_START()/SYM_FUNC_END() instead of ENTRY()/
ENDPROC() with a hand-rolled __CFI_TYPE.

arch/arm/include/asm/linkage.h | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/arm/mach-imx/pm-imx6.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
arch/arm/mach-imx/suspend-imx6.S | 6 ++++--
3 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/linkage.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/linkage.h
index c467069..bba992f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/linkage.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/linkage.h
@@ -9,4 +9,33 @@
.type name, %function; \
END(name)

+#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+/*
+ * Variants of SYM_TYPED_START/SYM_TYPED_FUNC_START that align the
+ * function entry itself instead of the kCFI type hash preceding it,
+ * for functions whose entry point must meet an alignment requirement,
+ * such as the 8-byte alignment fncpy() demands of its source.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_CFI
+
+#define SYM_TYPED_START_ALIGNED(name, linkage, align) \
+ linkage(name) ASM_NL \
+ .balign align ASM_NL \
+ .fill (align) - 4, 1, 0 ASM_NL \
+ __CFI_TYPE(name) ASM_NL \
+ name:
+
+#else /* CONFIG_CFI */
+
+#define SYM_TYPED_START_ALIGNED(name, linkage, align) \
+ SYM_START(name, linkage, .balign align)
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_CFI */
+
+#define SYM_TYPED_FUNC_START_ALIGNED(name, align) \
+ SYM_TYPED_START_ALIGNED(name, SYM_L_GLOBAL, align)
+
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+
#endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/pm-imx6.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/pm-imx6.c
index a671ca4..3c73e2c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/pm-imx6.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/pm-imx6.c
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
* Copyright 2011 Linaro Ltd.
*/

+#include <linux/build_bug.h>
+#include <linux/cfi.h>
#include <linux/clk/imx.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@
#include <linux/of_platform.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/regmap.h>
+#include <linux/stddef.h>
#include <linux/suspend.h>
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
#include <asm/fncpy.h>
@@ -61,9 +64,9 @@
#define MX6Q_SUSPEND_OCRAM_SIZE 0x1000
#define MX6_MAX_MMDC_IO_NUM 33

-static void __iomem *ccm_base;
-static void __iomem *suspend_ocram_base;
-static void (*imx6_suspend_in_ocram_fn)(void __iomem *ocram_vbase);
+static void __iomem *ccm_base __ro_after_init;
+static void __iomem *suspend_ocram_base __ro_after_init;
+static void (*imx6_suspend_in_ocram_fn)(void __iomem *ocram_vbase) __ro_after_init;

/*
* suspend ocram space layout:
@@ -229,8 +232,18 @@ struct imx6_cpu_pm_info {
struct imx6_pm_base l2_base;
u32 mmdc_io_num; /* Number of MMDC IOs which need saved/restored. */
u32 mmdc_io_val[MX6_MAX_MMDC_IO_NUM][2]; /* To save offset and value */
+ u32 cfi_type; /* kCFI type hash of imx6_suspend() */
} __aligned(8);

+/*
+ * The ocram copy of imx6_suspend() starts right after struct imx6_cpu_pm_info,
+ * and the CFI check on the indirect call reads the kCFI type hash from the
+ * four bytes preceding the function entry, so cfi_type must occupy the last
+ * four bytes of the struct, i.e. fit into its tail padding.
+ */
+static_assert(offsetofend(struct imx6_cpu_pm_info, cfi_type) ==
+ sizeof(struct imx6_cpu_pm_info));
+
void imx6_set_int_mem_clk_lpm(bool enable)
{
u32 val = readl_relaxed(ccm_base + CGPR);
@@ -568,6 +581,13 @@ static int __init imx6q_suspend_init(const struct imx6_pm_socdata *socdata)
mmdc_offset_array[i]);
}

+ /*
+ * Mask out the Thumb bit, as cfi_get_func_hash() expects the
+ * function's actual start address. Returns 0 if CONFIG_CFI=n.
+ */
+ pm_info->cfi_type =
+ cfi_get_func_hash((void *)((uintptr_t)&imx6_suspend & ~1UL));
+
imx6_suspend_in_ocram_fn = fncpy(
suspend_ocram_base + sizeof(*pm_info),
&imx6_suspend,
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/suspend-imx6.S b/arch/arm/mach-imx/suspend-imx6.S
index 63ccc2d..95d5f72 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/suspend-imx6.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/suspend-imx6.S
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
* Copyright 2014 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
*/

+#include <linux/cfi_types.h>
#include <linux/linkage.h>
#include <asm/assembler.h>
#include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
@@ -148,7 +149,8 @@

.endm

-ENTRY(imx6_suspend)
+/* fncpy() requires an 8-byte-aligned entry; see arch/arm/include/asm/fncpy.h */
+SYM_TYPED_FUNC_START_ALIGNED(imx6_suspend, 8)
ldr r1, [r0, #PM_INFO_PBASE_OFFSET]
ldr r2, [r0, #PM_INFO_RESUME_ADDR_OFFSET]
ldr r3, [r0, #PM_INFO_DDR_TYPE_OFFSET]
@@ -329,4 +331,4 @@ resume:
resume_mmdc

ret lr
-ENDPROC(imx6_suspend)
+SYM_FUNC_END(imx6_suspend)
--
2.55.0