diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 3ea9661c09ff..9e45f6735d5d 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -313,8 +313,6 @@ extern inline pte_t mk_swap_pte(unsigned long type, unsigned long offset)
 #define __pte_to_swp_entry(pte)	((swp_entry_t) { pte_val(pte) })
 #define __swp_entry_to_pte(x)	((pte_t) { (x).val })
 
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)	(1)
-
 #define pte_ERROR(e) \
 	printk("%s:%d: bad pte %016lx.\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, pte_val(e))
 #define pmd_ERROR(e) \
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable-bits-arcv2.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable-bits-arcv2.h
index b23be557403e..515e82db519f 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable-bits-arcv2.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable-bits-arcv2.h
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 #define __pte_to_swp_entry(pte)		((swp_entry_t) { pte_val(pte) })
 #define __swp_entry_to_pte(x)		((pte_t) { (x).val })
 
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)	(1)
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
 #include <asm/hugepage.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-nommu.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-nommu.h
index d16aba48fa0a..25d8c7bb07e0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-nommu.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-nommu.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 #define pgd_none(pgd)		(0)
 #define pgd_bad(pgd)		(0)
 #define pgd_clear(pgdp)
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)	(1)
-/* FIXME */
 /*
  * PMD_SHIFT determines the size of the area a second-level page table can map
  * PGDIR_SHIFT determines what a third-level page table entry can map
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 78a532068fec..00954ab1a039 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -298,10 +298,6 @@ static inline pte_t pte_modify(pte_t pte, pgprot_t newprot)
  */
 #define MAX_SWAPFILES_CHECK() BUILD_BUG_ON(MAX_SWAPFILES_SHIFT > __SWP_TYPE_BITS)
 
-/* Needs to be defined here and not in linux/mm.h, as it is arch dependent */
-/* FIXME: this is not correct */
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)	(1)
-
 /*
  * We provide our own arch_get_unmapped_area to cope with VIPT caches.
  */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 71a1af42f0e8..4873c1d6e7d0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -1021,8 +1021,6 @@ static inline pmd_t pmdp_establish(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
  */
 #define MAX_SWAPFILES_CHECK() BUILD_BUG_ON(MAX_SWAPFILES_SHIFT > __SWP_TYPE_BITS)
 
-extern int kern_addr_valid(unsigned long addr);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MTE
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_PREPARE_TO_SWAP
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 9a7c38965154..556154d821bf 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -814,53 +814,6 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 	create_idmap();
 }
 
-/*
- * Check whether a kernel address is valid (derived from arch/x86/).
- */
-int kern_addr_valid(unsigned long addr)
-{
-	pgd_t *pgdp;
-	p4d_t *p4dp;
-	pud_t *pudp, pud;
-	pmd_t *pmdp, pmd;
-	pte_t *ptep, pte;
-
-	addr = arch_kasan_reset_tag(addr);
-	if ((((long)addr) >> VA_BITS) != -1UL)
-		return 0;
-
-	pgdp = pgd_offset_k(addr);
-	if (pgd_none(READ_ONCE(*pgdp)))
-		return 0;
-
-	p4dp = p4d_offset(pgdp, addr);
-	if (p4d_none(READ_ONCE(*p4dp)))
-		return 0;
-
-	pudp = pud_offset(p4dp, addr);
-	pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
-	if (pud_none(pud))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (pud_sect(pud))
-		return pfn_valid(pud_pfn(pud));
-
-	pmdp = pmd_offset(pudp, addr);
-	pmd = READ_ONCE(*pmdp);
-	if (pmd_none(pmd))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (pmd_sect(pmd))
-		return pfn_valid(pmd_pfn(pmd));
-
-	ptep = pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, addr);
-	pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
-	if (pte_none(pte))
-		return 0;
-
-	return pfn_valid(pte_pfn(pte));
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 static void free_hotplug_page_range(struct page *page, size_t size,
 				    struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
index d107c3d434e2..0a741a910a6a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -201,8 +201,7 @@ void __kernel_map_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable)
 
 /*
  * This function is used to determine if a linear map page has been marked as
- * not-valid. Walk the page table and check the PTE_VALID bit. This is based
- * on kern_addr_valid(), which almost does what we need.
+ * not-valid. Walk the page table and check the PTE_VALID bit.
  *
  * Because this is only called on the kernel linear map,  p?d_sect() implies
  * p?d_present(). When debug_pagealloc is enabled, sections mappings are
diff --git a/arch/csky/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/csky/include/asm/pgtable.h
index c3d9b92cbe61..77bc6caff2d2 100644
--- a/arch/csky/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/csky/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -249,9 +249,6 @@ extern void paging_init(void);
 void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		      pte_t *pte);
 
-/* Needs to be defined here and not in linux/mm.h, as it is arch dependent */
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)	(1)
-
 #define io_remap_pfn_range(vma, vaddr, pfn, size, prot) \
 	remap_pfn_range(vma, vaddr, pfn, size, prot)
 
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/page.h b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/page.h
index 7cbf719c578e..d7d4f9fca327 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/page.h
@@ -131,13 +131,6 @@ static inline void clear_page(void *page)
 
 #define page_to_virt(page)	__va(page_to_phys(page))
 
-/*
- * For port to Hexagon Virtual Machine, MAYBE we check for attempts
- * to reference reserved HVM space, but in any case, the VM will be
- * protected.
- */
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)   (1)
-
 #include <asm/mem-layout.h>
 #include <asm-generic/memory_model.h>
 /* XXX Todo: implement assembly-optimized version of getorder. */
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 6925e28ae61d..01517a5e6778 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -181,22 +181,6 @@ ia64_phys_addr_valid (unsigned long addr)
 	return (addr & (local_cpu_data->unimpl_pa_mask)) == 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * kern_addr_valid(ADDR) tests if ADDR is pointing to valid kernel
- * memory.  For the return value to be meaningful, ADDR must be >=
- * PAGE_OFFSET.  This operation can be relatively expensive (e.g.,
- * require a hash-, or multi-level tree-lookup or something of that
- * sort) but it guarantees to return TRUE only if accessing the page
- * at that address does not cause an error.  Note that there may be
- * addresses for which kern_addr_valid() returns FALSE even though an
- * access would not cause an error (e.g., this is typically true for
- * memory mapped I/O regions.
- *
- * XXX Need to implement this for IA-64.
- */
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)	(1)
-
-
 /*
  * Now come the defines and routines to manage and access the three-level
  * page table.
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 946704bee599..fc70b7041b76 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -421,8 +421,6 @@ static inline void update_mmu_cache_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	__update_tlb(vma, address, (pte_t *)pmdp);
 }
 
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)	(1)
-
 static inline unsigned long pmd_pfn(pmd_t pmd)
 {
 	return (pmd_val(pmd) & _PFN_MASK) >> _PFN_SHIFT;
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h
index 9b4e2fe2ac82..b93c41fe2067 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h
@@ -145,8 +145,6 @@ static inline void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)	(1)
-
 /* MMU-specific headers */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SUN3
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_no.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_no.h
index bce5ca56c388..fed58da3a6b6 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_no.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_no.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #define pgd_none(pgd)		(0)
 #define pgd_bad(pgd)		(0)
 #define pgd_clear(pgdp)
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)	(1)
 #define	pmd_offset(a, b)	((void *)0)
 
 #define PAGE_NONE	__pgprot(0)
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h
index ba348e997dbb..42f5988e998b 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -416,9 +416,6 @@ extern unsigned long iopa(unsigned long addr);
 #define	IOMAP_NOCACHE_NONSER	2
 #define	IOMAP_NO_COPYBACK	3
 
-/* Needs to be defined here and not in linux/mm.h, as it is arch dependent */
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)	(1)
-
 void do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
 		   unsigned long error_code);
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 6caec386ad2f..364a06033105 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -550,8 +550,6 @@ static inline void update_mmu_cache_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	__update_tlb(vma, address, pte);
 }
 
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)	(1)
-
 /*
  * Allow physical addresses to be fixed up to help 36-bit peripherals.
  */
diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgtable.h
index b3d45e815295..ab793bc517f5 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -249,8 +249,6 @@ static inline unsigned long pmd_page_vaddr(pmd_t pmd)
 #define __swp_entry_to_pte(swp)	((pte_t) { (swp).val })
 #define __pte_to_swp_entry(pte)	((swp_entry_t) { pte_val(pte) })
 
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)		(1)
-
 extern void __init paging_init(void);
 extern void __init mmu_init(void);
 
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index dcae8aea132f..6477c17b3062 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -395,8 +395,6 @@ static inline void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 #define __pte_to_swp_entry(pte)		((swp_entry_t) { pte_val(pte) })
 #define __swp_entry_to_pte(x)		((pte_t) { (x).val })
 
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)           (1)
-
 typedef pte_t *pte_addr_t;
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index ecd028854469..bd09a44cfb2d 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -23,21 +23,6 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 
-/*
- * kern_addr_valid(ADDR) tests if ADDR is pointing to valid kernel
- * memory.  For the return value to be meaningful, ADDR must be >=
- * PAGE_OFFSET.  This operation can be relatively expensive (e.g.,
- * require a hash-, or multi-level tree-lookup or something of that
- * sort) but it guarantees to return TRUE only if accessing the page
- * at that address does not cause an error.  Note that there may be
- * addresses for which kern_addr_valid() returns FALSE even though an
- * access would not cause an error (e.g., this is typically true for
- * memory mapped I/O regions.
- *
- * XXX Need to implement this for parisc.
- */
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)	(1)
-
 /* This is for the serialization of PxTLB broadcasts. At least on the N class
  * systems, only one PxTLB inter processor broadcast can be active at any one
  * time on the Merced bus. */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 283f40d05a4d..9972626ddaf6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -81,13 +81,6 @@ void poking_init(void);
 extern unsigned long ioremap_bot;
 extern const pgprot_t protection_map[16];
 
-/*
- * kern_addr_valid is intended to indicate whether an address is a valid
- * kernel address.  Most 32-bit archs define it as always true (like this)
- * but most 64-bit archs actually perform a test.  What should we do here?
- */
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)	(1)
-
 #ifndef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
 #define pmd_large(pmd)		0
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 7ec936910a96..c7993bdf749f 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -801,8 +801,6 @@ static inline pmd_t pmdp_establish(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 #endif /* !CONFIG_MMU */
 
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)   (1) /* FIXME */
-
 extern char _start[];
 extern void *_dtb_early_va;
 extern uintptr_t _dtb_early_pa;
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
index f1cb9391190d..e1db07211818 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -1773,8 +1773,6 @@ static inline swp_entry_t __swp_entry(unsigned long type, unsigned long offset)
 #define __pte_to_swp_entry(pte)	((swp_entry_t) { pte_val(pte) })
 #define __swp_entry_to_pte(x)	((pte_t) { (x).val })
 
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)   (1)
-
 extern int vmem_add_mapping(unsigned long start, unsigned long size);
 extern void vmem_remove_mapping(unsigned long start, unsigned long size);
 extern int __vmem_map_4k_page(unsigned long addr, unsigned long phys, pgprot_t prot, bool alloc);
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 6fb9ec54cf9b..3ce30becf6df 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ static inline unsigned long phys_addr_mask(void)
 
 typedef pte_t *pte_addr_t;
 
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)	(1)
-
 #define pte_pfn(x)		((unsigned long)(((x).pte_low >> PAGE_SHIFT)))
 
 struct vm_area_struct;
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
index 8ff549004fac..5acc05b572e6 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
@@ -368,12 +368,6 @@ __get_iospace (unsigned long addr)
 	}
 }
 
-extern unsigned long *sparc_valid_addr_bitmap;
-
-/* Needs to be defined here and not in linux/mm.h, as it is arch dependent */
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr) \
-	(test_bit(__pa((unsigned long)(addr))>>20, sparc_valid_addr_bitmap))
-
 /*
  * For sparc32&64, the pfn in io_remap_pfn_range() carries <iospace> in
  * its high 4 bits.  These macros/functions put it there or get it from there.
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c
index d88e774c8eb4..9c0ea457bdf0 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@
 
 #include "mm_32.h"
 
-unsigned long *sparc_valid_addr_bitmap;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(sparc_valid_addr_bitmap);
+static unsigned long *sparc_valid_addr_bitmap;
 
 unsigned long phys_base;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(phys_base);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
index d6faee23c77d..04f9db0c3111 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -1667,7 +1667,6 @@ bool kern_addr_valid(unsigned long addr)
 
 	return pfn_valid(pte_pfn(*pte));
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_addr_valid);
 
 static unsigned long __ref kernel_map_hugepud(unsigned long vstart,
 					      unsigned long vend,
diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/um/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 66bc3f99d9be..4e3052f2671a 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -298,8 +298,6 @@ extern pte_t *virt_to_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr);
 	((swp_entry_t) { pte_val(pte_mkuptodate(pte)) })
 #define __swp_entry_to_pte(x)		((pte_t) { (x).val })
 
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr) (1)
-
 /* Clear a kernel PTE and flush it from the TLB */
 #define kpte_clear_flush(ptep, vaddr)		\
 do {						\
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
index 7c9c968a42ef..7d4ad8907297 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
@@ -47,15 +47,6 @@ do {						\
 
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
-/*
- * kern_addr_valid() is (1) for FLATMEM and (0) for SPARSEMEM
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_FLATMEM
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)	(1)
-#else
-#define kern_addr_valid(kaddr)	(0)
-#endif
-
 /*
  * This is used to calculate the .brk reservation for initial pagetables.
  * Enough space is reserved to allocate pagetables sufficient to cover all
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
index e479491da8d5..7929327abe00 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ static inline void native_pgd_clear(pgd_t *pgd)
 #define __swp_entry_to_pte(x)		((pte_t) { .pte = (x).val })
 #define __swp_entry_to_pmd(x)		((pmd_t) { .pmd = (x).val })
 
-extern int kern_addr_valid(unsigned long addr);
 extern void cleanup_highmap(void);
 
 #define HAVE_ARCH_UNMAPPED_AREA
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 3f040c6e5d13..e8db4edd7cc9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -1416,47 +1416,6 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
 	debug_checkwx();
 }
 
-int kern_addr_valid(unsigned long addr)
-{
-	unsigned long above = ((long)addr) >> __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT;
-	pgd_t *pgd;
-	p4d_t *p4d;
-	pud_t *pud;
-	pmd_t *pmd;
-	pte_t *pte;
-
-	if (above != 0 && above != -1UL)
-		return 0;
-
-	pgd = pgd_offset_k(addr);
-	if (pgd_none(*pgd))
-		return 0;
-
-	p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, addr);
-	if (!p4d_present(*p4d))
-		return 0;
-
-	pud = pud_offset(p4d, addr);
-	if (!pud_present(*pud))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (pud_large(*pud))
-		return pfn_valid(pud_pfn(*pud));
-
-	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
-	if (!pmd_present(*pmd))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (pmd_large(*pmd))
-		return pfn_valid(pmd_pfn(*pmd));
-
-	pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
-	if (pte_none(*pte))
-		return 0;
-
-	return pfn_valid(pte_pfn(*pte));
-}
-
 /*
  * Block size is the minimum amount of memory which can be hotplugged or
  * hotremoved. It must be power of two and must be equal or larger than
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 54f577c13afa..5b5484d707b2 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -386,8 +386,6 @@ ptep_set_wrprotect(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 
 #else
 
-#define kern_addr_valid(addr)	(1)
-
 extern  void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct * vma,
 			      unsigned long address, pte_t *ptep);
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index dff921f7ca33..590ecb79ad8b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -541,25 +541,17 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos)
 			fallthrough;
 		case KCORE_VMEMMAP:
 		case KCORE_TEXT:
-			if (kern_addr_valid(start)) {
-				/*
-				 * Using bounce buffer to bypass the
-				 * hardened user copy kernel text checks.
-				 */
-				if (copy_from_kernel_nofault(buf, (void *)start,
-						tsz)) {
-					if (clear_user(buffer, tsz)) {
-						ret = -EFAULT;
-						goto out;
-					}
-				} else {
-					if (copy_to_user(buffer, buf, tsz)) {
-						ret = -EFAULT;
-						goto out;
-					}
+			/*
+			 * Using bounce buffer to bypass the
+			 * hardened user copy kernel text checks.
+			 */
+			if (copy_from_kernel_nofault(buf, (void *)start, tsz)) {
+				if (clear_user(buffer, tsz)) {
+					ret = -EFAULT;
+					goto out;
 				}
 			} else {
-				if (clear_user(buffer, tsz)) {
+				if (copy_to_user(buffer, buf, tsz)) {
 					ret = -EFAULT;
 					goto out;
 				}
