This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
sysctl: Fix data races in proc_dointvec_jiffies().
to the 5.18-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
sysctl-fix-data-races-in-proc_dointvec_jiffies.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.18 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 1ec5abdf8a4c9701c02364ea350a566dd4181b3f
Author: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Jul 6 16:39:57 2022 -0700
sysctl: Fix data races in proc_dointvec_jiffies().
[ Upstream commit e877820877663fbae8cb9582ea597a7230b94df3 ]
A sysctl variable is accessed concurrently, and there is always a chance
of data-race. So, all readers and writers need some basic protection to
avoid load/store-tearing.
This patch changes proc_dointvec_jiffies() to use READ_ONCE() and
WRITE_ONCE() internally to fix data-races on the sysctl side. For now,
proc_dointvec_jiffies() itself is tolerant to a data-race, but we still
need to add annotations on the other subsystem's side.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 7a8899f237a2..878b1122cb89 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1245,9 +1245,12 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_jiffies_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
if (write) {
if (*lvalp > INT_MAX / HZ)
return 1;
- *valp = *negp ? -(*lvalp*HZ) : (*lvalp*HZ);
+ if (*negp)
+ WRITE_ONCE(*valp, -*lvalp * HZ);
+ else
+ WRITE_ONCE(*valp, *lvalp * HZ);
} else {
- int val = *valp;
+ int val = READ_ONCE(*valp);
unsigned long lval;
if (val < 0) {
*negp = true;
