This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_link_fails_count to the 6.7-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: netrom-fix-a-data-race-around-sysctl_netrom_link_fai.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.7 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit a67fe576222ec374952c25ce460a5df3841a003c Author: Jason Xing <kernelxing@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Mar 4 16:20:45 2024 +0800 netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_link_fails_count [ Upstream commit bc76645ebdd01be9b9994dac39685a3d0f6f7985 ] We need to protect the reader reading the sysctl value because the value can be changed concurrently. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/netrom/nr_route.c b/net/netrom/nr_route.c index 89e12e6eea2ef..70480869ad1c5 100644 --- a/net/netrom/nr_route.c +++ b/net/netrom/nr_route.c @@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ void nr_link_failed(ax25_cb *ax25, int reason) nr_neigh->ax25 = NULL; ax25_cb_put(ax25); - if (++nr_neigh->failed < sysctl_netrom_link_fails_count) { + if (++nr_neigh->failed < READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_link_fails_count)) { nr_neigh_put(nr_neigh); return; }