diff --git a/.lintrunner.toml b/.lintrunner.toml
index 4b27e2583bd..4e2db413bee 100644
--- a/.lintrunner.toml
+++ b/.lintrunner.toml
@@ -744,6 +744,11 @@ is_formatter = true
 [[linter]]
 code = 'CPP_BANNED_FUNCTIONS'
 include_patterns = [
+    'backends/arm/**/*.c',
+    'backends/arm/**/*.cc',
+    'backends/arm/**/*.cpp',
+    'backends/arm/**/*.h',
+    'backends/arm/**/*.hpp',
     'examples/arm/**/*.c',
     'examples/arm/**/*.cc',
     'examples/arm/**/*.cpp',
diff --git a/backends/arm/runtime/EthosUBackend_Cortex_A.cpp b/backends/arm/runtime/EthosUBackend_Cortex_A.cpp
index 5da0996fb19..af2328125af 100644
--- a/backends/arm/runtime/EthosUBackend_Cortex_A.cpp
+++ b/backends/arm/runtime/EthosUBackend_Cortex_A.cpp
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ Error invoke_linux_driver(
 }
 } // namespace
 
+// Used by EthosUBackend.cpp through EthosUBackend_Internal.h.
+// cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction
 PlatformState* platform_init(
     ArrayRef<CompileSpec> specs,
     MemoryAllocator* allocator) {
@@ -335,10 +337,14 @@ PlatformState* platform_init(
   return state;
 }
 
+// Used by EthosUBackend.cpp through EthosUBackend_Internal.h.
+// cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction
 void platform_destroy(PlatformState* state) {
   delete state;
 }
 
+// Used by EthosUBackend.cpp through EthosUBackend_Internal.h.
+// cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction
 Error platform_execute(
     BackendExecutionContext& /*context*/,
     const ExecutionHandle* execution_handle,
diff --git a/backends/arm/runtime/VGFBackend.cpp b/backends/arm/runtime/VGFBackend.cpp
index ec44f348ce8..ffd2f03ee4b 100644
--- a/backends/arm/runtime/VGFBackend.cpp
+++ b/backends/arm/runtime/VGFBackend.cpp
@@ -1063,4 +1063,4 @@ VkResult vkml_allocate_basics(
 
 } // namespace vgf
 } // namespace backends
-} // namespace executorch
\ No newline at end of file
+} // namespace executorch
diff --git a/backends/arm/runtime/VGFNeuralStatistics.cpp b/backends/arm/runtime/VGFNeuralStatistics.cpp
index 414eaa6f0f0..f99924ab227 100644
--- a/backends/arm/runtime/VGFNeuralStatistics.cpp
+++ b/backends/arm/runtime/VGFNeuralStatistics.cpp
@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ std::string serialize_vgf_neural_statistics_collection(
   return out.str();
 }
 
+// Used by vgf_neural_statistics_test.cpp through VGFNeuralStatistics.h.
+// cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction
 std::string make_vgf_neural_statistics_unavailable_metadata(
     const std::string& reason) {
   VgfNeuralStatisticsCollection collection;
@@ -498,6 +500,8 @@ std::string make_vgf_neural_statistics_unavailable_metadata(
   return serialize_vgf_neural_statistics_collection(collection);
 }
 
+// Used by VGFSetup.cpp and tests through VGFNeuralStatistics.h.
+// cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction
 std::string collect_vgf_neural_statistics_metadata(
     VkDevice device,
     const std::vector<VgfNeuralStatisticsSegmentContext>& segments) {
@@ -510,15 +514,19 @@ std::string collect_vgf_neural_statistics_metadata(
       collect_vgf_neural_statistics(device, segments));
 }
 
+// Used by vgf_neural_statistics_test.cpp through VGFNeuralStatistics.h.
+// cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction
 void set_vgf_neural_statistics_collector_for_test(
     VgfNeuralStatisticsCollectorForTest collector) {
   test_collector_storage() = std::move(collector);
 }
 
+// Used by vgf_neural_statistics_test.cpp through VGFNeuralStatistics.h.
+// cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction
 void reset_vgf_neural_statistics_collector_for_test() {
   test_collector_storage() = nullptr;
 }
 
 } // namespace vgf
 } // namespace backends
-} // namespace executorch
\ No newline at end of file
+} // namespace executorch
diff --git a/backends/arm/scripts/banned_functions.json b/backends/arm/scripts/banned_functions.json
index e906eef9030..5cadbbbe474 100644
--- a/backends/arm/scripts/banned_functions.json
+++ b/backends/arm/scripts/banned_functions.json
@@ -9,99 +9,45 @@
       "replacements": ["fgets"]
     },
     {
-      "names": ["memcpy"],
-      "replacements": ["memcpy_s"]
+      "names": ["atof"],
+      "replacements": ["strtod"]
     },
     {
-      "names": ["wmemcpy"],
-      "replacements": ["wmemcpy_s"]
+      "names": ["atoi", "atol", "atoll"],
+      "replacements": ["strtol", "strtoll", "strtoul", "strtoull"]
     },
     {
-      "names": ["memmove"],
-      "replacements": ["memmove_s"]
+      "names": ["rewind"],
+      "replacements": ["See SEI CERT MSC24-C: https://cmu-sei.github.io/secure-coding-standards/sei-cert-c-coding-standard/recommendations/miscellaneous-msc/msc24-c/"]
     },
     {
-      "names": ["wmemmove"],
-      "replacements": ["wmemmove_s"]
+      "names": ["setbuf"],
+      "replacements": ["setvbuf"]
     },
     {
       "names": ["readdir_r"],
       "replacements": ["readdir"]
     },
-    {
-      "names": ["scanf", "wscanf", "_tscanf", "sscanf", "swscanf", "_stscanf"],
-      "replacements": ["fgets"]
-    },
     {
       "names": [
         "strcat",
-        "wcscat",
-        "_tcscat",
-        "_mbscat",
-        "StrCat",
-        "lstrcat",
-        "lStrCatBuff",
-        "_tccat",
-        "_mbccat",
-        "_ftcscat",
-        "strncat",
-        "wcsncat",
-        "_tcsncat",
-        "_mbsncat",
-        "_mbsnbcat",
-        "StrCatN",
-        "StrNCat",
-        "lstrncat",
-        "lstrcatn"
+        "wcscat"
       ],
-      "replacements": ["strcat_s", "strncat_s"]
+      "replacements": ["See SEI CERT STR31-C: https://cmu-sei.github.io/secure-coding-standards/sei-cert-c-coding-standard/rules/characters-and-strings-str/str31-c/"]
     },
     {
       "names": [
         "strcpy",
-        "wcscpy",
-        "_tcscpy",
-        "_mbscpy",
-        "StrCpy",
-        "lstrcpy",
-        "_tccpy",
-        "_mbccpy",
-        "_ftcscpy",
-        "strncpy",
-        "wcsncpy",
-        "_tcsncpy",
-        "_mbsncpy",
-        "_mbsnbcpy",
-        "StrCpyN",
-        "StrNCpy",
-        "lstrcpyn"
+        "wcscpy"
       ],
-      "replacements": ["strcpy_s", "strncpy_s"]
-    },
-    {
-      "names": ["strlen"],
-      "replacements": ["strnlen_s"]
-    },
-    {
-      "names": ["wcslen"],
-      "replacements": ["wcsnlen_s"]
-    },
-    {
-      "names": ["strtok", "_tcstok", "wcstok", "_mbstok"],
-      "replacements": ["strtok_s"]
+      "replacements": ["See SEI CERT STR31-C: https://cmu-sei.github.io/secure-coding-standards/sei-cert-c-coding-standard/rules/characters-and-strings-str/str31-c/"]
     },
     {
       "names": [
-        "wsprintf",
         "sprintf",
-        "swprintf",
-        "_stprintf",
-        "wvsprintf",
-        "vsprintf",
-        "_vstprintf",
-        "vswprintf"
+        "vsprintf"
       ],
-      "replacements": ["snprintf", "snprintf_s"]
+      "replacements": ["snprintf", "vsnprintf"]
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/backends/arm/scripts/banned_functions.json.license b/backends/arm/scripts/banned_functions.json.license
index 31207b7febd..74fec505a2d 100644
--- a/backends/arm/scripts/banned_functions.json.license
+++ b/backends/arm/scripts/banned_functions.json.license
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2026 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates <open-source-office@arm.com>
 SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-File copied from https://github.com/justinchuby/lintrunner-adapters/ which has an MIT license.
-File permalink: https://github.com/justinchuby/lintrunner-adapters/blob/772e5936d9b02814e29e12ca1355d33b029688c2/examples/adapters/cpp_banned_functions_linter/example_banned_functions.json
+Derived from the MIT-licensed example at:
+https://github.com/justinchuby/lintrunner-adapters/blob/772e5936d9b02814e29e12ca1355d33b029688c2/examples/adapters/cpp_banned_functions_linter/example_banned_functions.json
+
+Modified for the ExecuTorch Arm backend.