From: Jason Xing <kernelxing@xxxxxxxxxxx> [ 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> --- net/netrom/nr_route.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netrom/nr_route.c b/net/netrom/nr_route.c index 89e12e6eea2ef..70480869ad1c5 100644 --- a/net/netrom/nr_route.c +++ b/net/netrom/nr_route.c @@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ 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; } -- 2.43.0