diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
index ed1a25f457e48eacddea4304f6ca678fb5ec1821..47eecdf29a8312818c6cd1d2ba817b770f428d68 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
@@ -128,6 +128,19 @@ static inline bool is_translation_fault(unsigned int fsr)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline bool is_permission_fault(unsigned int fsr)
+{
+	int fs = fsr_fs(fsr);
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
+	if ((fs & FS_MMU_NOLL_MASK) == FS_PERM_NOLL)
+		return true;
+#else
+	if (fs == FS_L1_PERM || fs == FS_L2_PERM)
+		return true;
+#endif
+	return false;
+}
+
 static void die_kernel_fault(const char *msg, struct mm_struct *mm,
 			     unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr,
 			     struct pt_regs *regs)
@@ -163,6 +176,8 @@ __do_kernel_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr,
 	 */
 	if (addr < PAGE_SIZE) {
 		msg = "NULL pointer dereference";
+	} else if (is_permission_fault(fsr) && fsr & FSR_LNX_PF) {
+		msg = "execution of memory";
 	} else {
 		if (is_translation_fault(fsr) &&
 		    kfence_handle_page_fault(addr, is_write_fault(fsr), regs))
@@ -229,17 +244,33 @@ void do_bad_area(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 #define VM_FAULT_BADMAP		((__force vm_fault_t)0x010000)
 #define VM_FAULT_BADACCESS	((__force vm_fault_t)0x020000)
 
-static inline bool is_permission_fault(unsigned int fsr)
+static int __kprobes
+do_kernel_address_page_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
+			     unsigned int fsr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	int fs = fsr_fs(fsr);
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
-	if ((fs & FS_MMU_NOLL_MASK) == FS_PERM_NOLL)
-		return true;
-#else
-	if (fs == FS_L1_PERM || fs == FS_L2_PERM)
-		return true;
-#endif
-	return false;
+	if (user_mode(regs)) {
+		/*
+		 * Fault from user mode for a kernel space address. User mode
+		 * should not be faulting in kernel space, which includes the
+		 * vector/khelper page. Send a SIGSEGV.
+		 */
+		__do_user_fault(addr, fsr, SIGSEGV, SEGV_MAPERR, regs);
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Fault from kernel mode. Enable interrupts if they were
+		 * enabled in the parent context. Section (upper page table)
+		 * translation faults are handled via do_translation_fault(),
+		 * so we will only get here for a non-present kernel space
+		 * PTE or PTE permission fault. This may happen in exceptional
+		 * circumstances and need the fixup tables to be walked.
+		 */
+		if (interrupts_enabled(regs))
+			local_irq_enable();
+
+		__do_kernel_fault(mm, addr, fsr, regs);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int __kprobes
@@ -255,6 +286,12 @@ do_page_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (kprobe_page_fault(regs, fsr))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Handle kernel addresses faults separately, which avoids touching
+	 * the mmap lock from contexts that are not able to sleep.
+	 */
+	if (addr >= TASK_SIZE)
+		return do_kernel_address_page_fault(mm, addr, fsr, regs);
 
 	/* Enable interrupts if they were enabled in the parent context. */
 	if (interrupts_enabled(regs))