This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
netrom: Fix data-races around sysctl_net_busy_read
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-data-races-around-sysctl_net_busy_read.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 a4036c23e1c2f7d332ef098abf7d6e4d97a944c6
Author: Jason Xing <kernelxing@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Mar 4 16:20:46 2024 +0800
netrom: Fix data-races around sysctl_net_busy_read
[ Upstream commit d380ce70058a4ccddc3e5f5c2063165dc07672c6 ]
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/af_netrom.c b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
index 376b6af431448..37d0bf6cab456 100644
--- a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
+++ b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ int nr_rx_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
* G8PZT's Xrouter which is sending packets with command type 7
* as an extension of the protocol.
*/
- if (sysctl_netrom_reset_circuit &&
+ if (READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_reset_circuit) &&
(frametype != NR_RESET || flags != 0))
nr_transmit_reset(skb, 1);
diff --git a/net/netrom/nr_in.c b/net/netrom/nr_in.c
index 2f084b6f69d7e..97944db6b5ac6 100644
--- a/net/netrom/nr_in.c
+++ b/net/netrom/nr_in.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static int nr_state1_machine(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
break;
case NR_RESET:
- if (sysctl_netrom_reset_circuit)
+ if (READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_reset_circuit))
nr_disconnect(sk, ECONNRESET);
break;
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static int nr_state2_machine(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
break;
case NR_RESET:
- if (sysctl_netrom_reset_circuit)
+ if (READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_reset_circuit))
nr_disconnect(sk, ECONNRESET);
break;
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static int nr_state3_machine(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int frametype
break;
case NR_RESET:
- if (sysctl_netrom_reset_circuit)
+ if (READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_reset_circuit))
nr_disconnect(sk, ECONNRESET);
break;
