[PATCH v3] ARM: imx: Fix suspend/resume crash with Clang CFI
Yo'av Moshe <[email protected]> Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:13:40 +0200
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Relocated suspend code in OCRAM lacks compiler-generated CFI type signatures. When CONFIG_CFI=y is active, the indirect call to imx6_suspend_in_ocram_fn triggers a strict CFI violation panic. To resolve this safely without reducing CFI protection scope: 1. Create a minimal wrapper function imx6_suspend_in_ocram annotated with __nocfi to handle the unverified indirect call. 2. Remove the __nocfi annotation from the main imx6q_suspend_finish function to preserve full CFI coverage for other indirect calls in that scope (such as cpu_do_idle() and flush_cache_all()). 3. Mark global variables ccm_base, suspend_ocram_base, and the imx6_suspend_in_ocram_fn pointer as __ro_after_init to prevent them from being used as target vectors for CFI bypass exploits. Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Yo'av Moshe <[email protected]> --- Tested on a Kobo Clara HD (i.MX6SLL SoC) running postmarketOS edge. Before this patch, suspending the device caused an immediate silent hang requiring a hard-reboot. With this patch applied, suspend and resume work successfully. Differences from v2: - Restrained __nocfi scope by adding a dedicated, minimal 1-line wrapper function (imx6_suspend_in_ocram) for the OCRAM call, avoiding disabling CFI checks for cpu_do_idle() and flush_cache_all(). - Marked global pointers ccm_base and suspend_ocram_base as __ro_after_init to fully neutralize Write-What-Where exploit bypasses. arch/arm/mach-imx/pm-imx6.c | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/pm-imx6.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/pm-imx6.c index a671ca498..3d5b960c5 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/pm-imx6.c +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/pm-imx6.c @@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ #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: @@ -360,6 +360,11 @@ int imx6_set_lpm(enum mxc_cpu_pwr_mode mode) return 0; } +static void __nocfi imx6_suspend_in_ocram(void __iomem *ocram_vbase) +{ + imx6_suspend_in_ocram_fn(ocram_vbase); +} + static int imx6q_suspend_finish(unsigned long val) { if (!imx6_suspend_in_ocram_fn) { @@ -374,7 +379,7 @@ static int imx6q_suspend_finish(unsigned long val) if (!((struct imx6_cpu_pm_info *) suspend_ocram_base)->l2_base.vbase) flush_cache_all(); - imx6_suspend_in_ocram_fn(suspend_ocram_base); + imx6_suspend_in_ocram(suspend_ocram_base); } return 0; -- 2.55.0