From: Jason Xing <kernelxing@xxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 958d6145a6d9ba9e075c921aead8753fb91c9101 ] We need to protect the reader reading sysctl_netrom_default_path_quality 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 53ced34a1fdd2..e3ce3531608c4 100644 --- a/net/netrom/nr_route.c +++ b/net/netrom/nr_route.c @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static int __must_check nr_add_node(ax25_address *nr, const char *mnemonic, nr_neigh->digipeat = NULL; nr_neigh->ax25 = NULL; nr_neigh->dev = dev; - nr_neigh->quality = sysctl_netrom_default_path_quality; + nr_neigh->quality = READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_default_path_quality); nr_neigh->locked = 0; nr_neigh->count = 0; nr_neigh->number = nr_neigh_no++; -- 2.43.0