The struct field TCP_Server_Info.tcpStatus is often protected by the lock srv_lock when is accessed. Here is an example in __cifs_reconnect(): spin_lock(&server->srv_lock); if (server->tcpStatus != CifsExiting) server->tcpStatus = CifsNeedNegotiate; spin_unlock(&server->srv_lock); However, the variable server->tcpStatus is accessed without holding the lock server->srv_lock in cifs_can_echo(): if (server->tcpStatus == CifsGood) return true; To fix this possible data race, a lock and unlock pair is added when accessing the variable server->tcpStatus. Reported-by: BassCheck <bass@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tuo Li <islituo@xxxxxxxxx> --- v2: * Release the lock server->srv_lock in the false branch. --- fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c index 7d1b3fc014d9..5120241d3c0e 100644 --- a/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c +++ b/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c @@ -1049,8 +1049,12 @@ cifs_dir_needs_close(struct cifsFileInfo *cfile) static bool cifs_can_echo(struct TCP_Server_Info *server) { - if (server->tcpStatus == CifsGood) + spin_lock(&server->srv_lock); + if (server->tcpStatus == CifsGood) { + spin_unlock(&server->srv_lock); return true; + } + spin_unlock(&server->srv_lock); return false; } -- 2.34.1