This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_obsolescence_count_initialiser to the 5.15-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_obsolesc.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit b4f299aae09039639728a458a8b0b70a9e76bae9 Author: Jason Xing <kernelxing@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Mar 4 16:20:36 2024 +0800 netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_obsolescence_count_initialiser [ Upstream commit cfd9f4a740f772298308b2e6070d2c744fb5cf79 ] 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 55cd51977fbc2..e5d24462d5100 100644 --- a/net/netrom/nr_route.c +++ b/net/netrom/nr_route.c @@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ int nr_route_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, ax25_cb *ax25) if (ax25 != NULL) { ret = nr_add_node(nr_src, "", &ax25->dest_addr, ax25->digipeat, ax25->ax25_dev->dev, 0, - sysctl_netrom_obsolescence_count_initialiser); + READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_obsolescence_count_initialiser)); if (ret) return ret; }