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 4.19-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-4.19 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 081bd6e5bdcd4171e2c1d150e0ced24f76db78cb
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 e3ce3531608c4..929446e246b36 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;
}
