netdev - [PATCH v2 net 07/12] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_max

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Message-ID: <20220706234003.66760-8-kuniyu@amazon.com>
Date:   Wed, 6 Jul 2022 16:39:58 -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 07/12] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_max_orphans.

While reading sysctl_tcp_max_orphans, it can be changed concurrently.
So, we need to add READ_ONCE() to avoid a data-race.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 028513d3e2a2..2222dfdde316 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -2715,7 +2715,8 @@ static void tcp_orphan_update(struct timer_list *unused)
 
 static bool tcp_too_many_orphans(int shift)
 {
-	return READ_ONCE(tcp_orphan_cache) << shift > sysctl_tcp_max_orphans;
+	return READ_ONCE(tcp_orphan_cache) << shift >
+		READ_ONCE(sysctl_tcp_max_orphans);
 }
 
 bool tcp_check_oom(struct sock *sk, int shift)
-- 
2.30.2