--- a/include/linux/kasan.h~kasan-fix-crashes-on-access-to-memory-mapped-by-vm_map_ram
+++ a/include/linux/kasan.h
@@ -205,20 +205,23 @@ static inline void *kasan_reset_tag(cons
 #endif /* CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_VMALLOC
-int kasan_populate_vmalloc(unsigned long requested_size,
-			   struct vm_struct *area);
-void kasan_poison_vmalloc(void *start, unsigned long size);
+int kasan_populate_vmalloc(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size);
+void kasan_poison_vmalloc(const void *start, unsigned long size);
+void kasan_unpoison_vmalloc(const void *start, unsigned long size);
 void kasan_release_vmalloc(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 			   unsigned long free_region_start,
 			   unsigned long free_region_end);
 #else
-static inline int kasan_populate_vmalloc(unsigned long requested_size,
-					 struct vm_struct *area)
+static inline int kasan_populate_vmalloc(unsigned long start,
+					unsigned long size)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void kasan_poison_vmalloc(void *start, unsigned long size) {}
+static inline void kasan_poison_vmalloc(const void *start, unsigned long size)
+{ }
+static inline void kasan_unpoison_vmalloc(const void *start, unsigned long size)
+{ }
 static inline void kasan_release_vmalloc(unsigned long start,
 					 unsigned long end,
 					 unsigned long free_region_start,
--- a/mm/kasan/common.c~kasan-fix-crashes-on-access-to-memory-mapped-by-vm_map_ram
+++ a/mm/kasan/common.c
@@ -778,15 +778,17 @@ static int kasan_populate_vmalloc_pte(pt
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int kasan_populate_vmalloc(unsigned long requested_size, struct vm_struct *area)
+int kasan_populate_vmalloc(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size)
 {
 	unsigned long shadow_start, shadow_end;
 	int ret;
 
-	shadow_start = (unsigned long)kasan_mem_to_shadow(area->addr);
+	if (!is_vmalloc_or_module_addr((void *)addr))
+		return 0;
+
+	shadow_start = (unsigned long)kasan_mem_to_shadow((void *)addr);
 	shadow_start = ALIGN_DOWN(shadow_start, PAGE_SIZE);
-	shadow_end = (unsigned long)kasan_mem_to_shadow(area->addr +
-							area->size);
+	shadow_end = (unsigned long)kasan_mem_to_shadow((void *)addr + size);
 	shadow_end = ALIGN(shadow_end, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	ret = apply_to_page_range(&init_mm, shadow_start,
@@ -797,10 +799,6 @@ int kasan_populate_vmalloc(unsigned long
 
 	flush_cache_vmap(shadow_start, shadow_end);
 
-	kasan_unpoison_shadow(area->addr, requested_size);
-
-	area->flags |= VM_KASAN;
-
 	/*
 	 * We need to be careful about inter-cpu effects here. Consider:
 	 *
@@ -843,12 +841,23 @@ int kasan_populate_vmalloc(unsigned long
  * Poison the shadow for a vmalloc region. Called as part of the
  * freeing process at the time the region is freed.
  */
-void kasan_poison_vmalloc(void *start, unsigned long size)
+void kasan_poison_vmalloc(const void *start, unsigned long size)
 {
+	if (!is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(start))
+		return;
+
 	size = round_up(size, KASAN_SHADOW_SCALE_SIZE);
 	kasan_poison_shadow(start, size, KASAN_VMALLOC_INVALID);
 }
 
+void kasan_unpoison_vmalloc(const void *start, unsigned long size)
+{
+	if (!is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(start))
+		return;
+
+	kasan_unpoison_shadow(start, size);
+}
+
 static int kasan_depopulate_vmalloc_pte(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr,
 					void *unused)
 {
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~kasan-fix-crashes-on-access-to-memory-mapped-by-vm_map_ram
+++ a/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1062,6 +1062,26 @@ __alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size, un
 }
 
 /*
+ * Free a region of KVA allocated by alloc_vmap_area
+ */
+static void free_vmap_area(struct vmap_area *va)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Remove from the busy tree/list.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&vmap_area_lock);
+	unlink_va(va, &vmap_area_root);
+	spin_unlock(&vmap_area_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Insert/Merge it back to the free tree/list.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&free_vmap_area_lock);
+	merge_or_add_vmap_area(va, &free_vmap_area_root, &free_vmap_area_list);
+	spin_unlock(&free_vmap_area_lock);
+}
+
+/*
  * Allocate a region of KVA of the specified size and alignment, within the
  * vstart and vend.
  */
@@ -1073,6 +1093,7 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area
 	struct vmap_area *va, *pva;
 	unsigned long addr;
 	int purged = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	BUG_ON(!size);
 	BUG_ON(offset_in_page(size));
@@ -1139,6 +1160,7 @@ retry:
 	va->va_end = addr + size;
 	va->vm = NULL;
 
+
 	spin_lock(&vmap_area_lock);
 	insert_vmap_area(va, &vmap_area_root, &vmap_area_list);
 	spin_unlock(&vmap_area_lock);
@@ -1147,6 +1169,12 @@ retry:
 	BUG_ON(va->va_start < vstart);
 	BUG_ON(va->va_end > vend);
 
+	ret = kasan_populate_vmalloc(addr, size);
+	if (ret) {
+		free_vmap_area(va);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
+
 	return va;
 
 overflow:
@@ -1186,26 +1214,6 @@ int unregister_vmap_purge_notifier(struc
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_vmap_purge_notifier);
 
 /*
- * Free a region of KVA allocated by alloc_vmap_area
- */
-static void free_vmap_area(struct vmap_area *va)
-{
-	/*
-	 * Remove from the busy tree/list.
-	 */
-	spin_lock(&vmap_area_lock);
-	unlink_va(va, &vmap_area_root);
-	spin_unlock(&vmap_area_lock);
-
-	/*
-	 * Insert/Merge it back to the free tree/list.
-	 */
-	spin_lock(&free_vmap_area_lock);
-	merge_or_add_vmap_area(va, &free_vmap_area_root, &free_vmap_area_list);
-	spin_unlock(&free_vmap_area_lock);
-}
-
-/*
  * Clear the pagetable entries of a given vmap_area
  */
 static void unmap_vmap_area(struct vmap_area *va)
@@ -1771,6 +1779,8 @@ void vm_unmap_ram(const void *mem, unsig
 	BUG_ON(addr > VMALLOC_END);
 	BUG_ON(!PAGE_ALIGNED(addr));
 
+	kasan_poison_vmalloc(mem, size);
+
 	if (likely(count <= VMAP_MAX_ALLOC)) {
 		debug_check_no_locks_freed(mem, size);
 		vb_free(mem, size);
@@ -1821,6 +1831,9 @@ void *vm_map_ram(struct page **pages, un
 		addr = va->va_start;
 		mem = (void *)addr;
 	}
+
+	kasan_unpoison_vmalloc(mem, size);
+
 	if (vmap_page_range(addr, addr + size, prot, pages) < 0) {
 		vm_unmap_ram(mem, count);
 		return NULL;
@@ -2075,6 +2088,7 @@ static struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_n
 {
 	struct vmap_area *va;
 	struct vm_struct *area;
+	unsigned long requested_size = size;
 
 	BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
 	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
@@ -2098,23 +2112,9 @@ static struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_n
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	setup_vmalloc_vm(area, va, flags, caller);
+	kasan_unpoison_vmalloc((void *)va->va_start, requested_size);
 
-	/*
-	 * For KASAN, if we are in vmalloc space, we need to cover the shadow
-	 * area with real memory. If we come here through VM_ALLOC, this is
-	 * done by a higher level function that has access to the true size,
-	 * which might not be a full page.
-	 *
-	 * We assume module space comes via VM_ALLOC path.
-	 */
-	if (is_vmalloc_addr(area->addr) && !(area->flags & VM_ALLOC)) {
-		if (kasan_populate_vmalloc(area->size, area)) {
-			unmap_vmap_area(va);
-			kfree(area);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-	}
+	setup_vmalloc_vm(area, va, flags, caller);
 
 	return area;
 }
@@ -2293,8 +2293,7 @@ static void __vunmap(const void *addr, i
 	debug_check_no_locks_freed(area->addr, get_vm_area_size(area));
 	debug_check_no_obj_freed(area->addr, get_vm_area_size(area));
 
-	if (area->flags & VM_KASAN)
-		kasan_poison_vmalloc(area->addr, area->size);
+	kasan_poison_vmalloc(area->addr, area->size);
 
 	vm_remove_mappings(area, deallocate_pages);
 
@@ -2539,7 +2538,7 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long
 	if (!size || (size >> PAGE_SHIFT) > totalram_pages())
 		goto fail;
 
-	area = __get_vm_area_node(size, align, VM_ALLOC | VM_UNINITIALIZED |
+	area = __get_vm_area_node(real_size, align, VM_ALLOC | VM_UNINITIALIZED |
 				vm_flags, start, end, node, gfp_mask, caller);
 	if (!area)
 		goto fail;
@@ -2548,11 +2547,6 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long
 	if (!addr)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(area->addr)) {
-		if (kasan_populate_vmalloc(real_size, area))
-			return NULL;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * In this function, newly allocated vm_struct has VM_UNINITIALIZED
 	 * flag. It means that vm_struct is not fully initialized.
@@ -3437,7 +3431,8 @@ retry:
 	/* populate the shadow space outside of the lock */
 	for (area = 0; area < nr_vms; area++) {
 		/* assume success here */
-		kasan_populate_vmalloc(sizes[area], vms[area]);
+		kasan_populate_vmalloc(vas[area]->va_start, sizes[area]);
+		kasan_unpoison_vmalloc((void *)vms[area]->addr, sizes[area]);
 	}
 
 	kfree(vas);
