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 5.4-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-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 434c9c18dd4ee3082ed0b99f9655f609a9c2ce41
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 4fb5959a7f070..37cfa880c2d05 100644
--- a/net/netrom/nr_route.c
+++ b/net/netrom/nr_route.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ 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;
}
