This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
sysctl: Fix data-races in proc_dointvec_ms_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_ms_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 7ab4dde94c41fb9ae6a74956dae8b2534b7b927e
Author: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Jul 11 17:15:20 2022 -0700
sysctl: Fix data-races in proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies().
[ Upstream commit 7d1025e559782b58824b36cb8ad547a69f2e4b31 ]
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_ms_jiffies() to use READ_ONCE() and
WRITE_ONCE() internally to fix data-races on the sysctl side. For now,
proc_dointvec_ms_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 54ec36e69907..f165ea67dd33 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1296,9 +1296,9 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
if (jif > INT_MAX)
return 1;
- *valp = (int)jif;
+ WRITE_ONCE(*valp, (int)jif);
} else {
- int val = *valp;
+ int val = READ_ONCE(*valp);
unsigned long lval;
if (val < 0) {
*negp = true;
@@ -1366,8 +1366,8 @@ int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
* @ppos: the current position in the file
*
* Reads/writes up to table->maxlen/sizeof(unsigned int) integer
- * values from/to the user buffer, treated as an ASCII string.
- * The values read are assumed to be in 1/1000 seconds, and
+ * values from/to the user buffer, treated as an ASCII string.
+ * The values read are assumed to be in 1/1000 seconds, and
* are converted into jiffies.
*
* Returns 0 on success.
