netdev - [PATCH v2 net 03/12] sysctl: Fix data races in proc_dointvec

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Message-ID: <20220706234003.66760-4-kuniyu@amazon.com>
Date:   Wed, 6 Jul 2022 16:39:54 -0700
From:   Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@...gle.com>
CC:     Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>,
        Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuni1840@...il.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 net 03/12] sysctl: Fix data races in proc_dointvec_minmax().

A sysctl variable is accessed concurrently, and there is always a chance
of data-race.  So, all readers and writers need some basic protection to
avoid load/store-tearing.

This patch changes proc_dointvec_minmax() to use READ_ONCE() and
WRITE_ONCE() internally to fix data-races on the sysctl side.  For now,
proc_dointvec_minmax() itself is tolerant to a data-race, but we still
need to add annotations on the other subsystem's side.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
---
 kernel/sysctl.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 2ab8c2a37e8f..4d87832367f2 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
 		if ((param->min && *param->min > tmp) ||
 		    (param->max && *param->max < tmp))
 			return -EINVAL;
-		*valp = tmp;
+		WRITE_ONCE(*valp, tmp);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-- 
2.30.2