This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_transport_busy_delay
to the 5.10-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_transpor.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit d5fd73b48e59c64d6e62d35369e0a02b72fee0a7
Author: Jason Xing <kernelxing@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Mar 4 16:20:41 2024 +0800
netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_transport_busy_delay
[ Upstream commit 43547d8699439a67b78d6bb39015113f7aa360fd ]
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 5a5cca18ae0c6..76d66eb0de255 100644
--- a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
+++ b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ static int nr_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
nr->n2 =
msecs_to_jiffies(READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_transport_maximum_tries));
nr->t4 =
- msecs_to_jiffies(sysctl_netrom_transport_busy_delay);
+ msecs_to_jiffies(READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_transport_busy_delay));
nr->idle =
msecs_to_jiffies(sysctl_netrom_transport_no_activity_timeout);
nr->window = sysctl_netrom_transport_requested_window_size;
