diff --git a/Kernel/Heap/kmalloc.cpp b/Kernel/Heap/kmalloc.cpp
index 5d0cdce0a3c..77bb72fee60 100644
--- a/Kernel/Heap/kmalloc.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Heap/kmalloc.cpp
@@ -66,13 +66,6 @@ bool g_dump_kmalloc_stacks;
 static u8* s_next_eternal_ptr;
 static u8* s_end_of_eternal_range;
 
-bool is_kmalloc_address(const void* ptr)
-{
-    if (ptr >= (u8*)ETERNAL_BASE_PHYSICAL && ptr < s_next_eternal_ptr)
-        return true;
-    return (size_t)ptr >= BASE_PHYSICAL && (size_t)ptr <= (BASE_PHYSICAL + POOL_SIZE);
-}
-
 void kmalloc_init()
 {
     memset(&alloc_map, 0, sizeof(alloc_map));
diff --git a/Kernel/Heap/kmalloc.h b/Kernel/Heap/kmalloc.h
index 031d24263c9..772e54112d9 100644
--- a/Kernel/Heap/kmalloc.h
+++ b/Kernel/Heap/kmalloc.h
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ void* krealloc(void*, size_t);
 void kfree(void*);
 void kfree_aligned(void*);
 
-bool is_kmalloc_address(const void*);
-
 extern volatile size_t sum_alloc;
 extern volatile size_t sum_free;
 extern volatile size_t kmalloc_sum_eternal;
diff --git a/Kernel/Process.cpp b/Kernel/Process.cpp
index 0bcc5bc5fa1..5a52bc26cce 100644
--- a/Kernel/Process.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Process.cpp
@@ -2335,37 +2335,21 @@ bool Process::validate_read_from_kernel(VirtualAddress vaddr, ssize_t size) cons
 {
     if (vaddr.is_null())
         return false;
-    // We check extra carefully here since the first 4MB of the address space is identity-mapped.
-    // This code allows access outside of the known used address ranges to get caught.
-    if (is_kmalloc_address(vaddr.as_ptr()))
-        return true;
     return MM.validate_kernel_read(*this, vaddr, size);
 }
 
 bool Process::validate_read(const void* address, ssize_t size) const
 {
-    ASSERT(size >= 0);
-    VirtualAddress first_address((uintptr_t)address);
-    if (is_ring0()) {
-        if (is_kmalloc_address(address))
-            return true;
-    }
     if (!size)
         return false;
-    return MM.validate_user_read(*this, first_address, size);
+    return MM.validate_user_read(*this, VirtualAddress(address), size);
 }
 
 bool Process::validate_write(void* address, ssize_t size) const
 {
-    ASSERT(size >= 0);
-    VirtualAddress first_address((uintptr_t)address);
-    if (is_ring0()) {
-        if (is_kmalloc_address(address))
-            return true;
-    }
     if (!size)
         return false;
-    return MM.validate_user_write(*this, first_address, size);
+    return MM.validate_user_write(*this, VirtualAddress(address), size);
 }
 
 pid_t Process::sys$getsid(pid_t pid)