netdev - [PATCH v1 net 13/15] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp

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Date:   Mon, 18 Jul 2022 10:26:51 -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>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
CC:     Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>,
        Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuni1840@...il.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v1 net 13/15] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_rfc1337.

While reading sysctl_tcp_rfc1337, it can be changed concurrently.
Thus, we need to add READ_ONCE() to its reader.

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

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
index 6854bb1fb32b..700ea548d125 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ tcp_timewait_state_process(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			 * Oh well... nobody has a sufficient solution to this
 			 * protocol bug yet.
 			 */
-			if (twsk_net(tw)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_rfc1337 == 0) {
+			if (!READ_ONCE(twsk_net(tw)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_rfc1337)) {
 kill:
 				inet_twsk_deschedule_put(tw);
 				return TCP_TW_SUCCESS;
-- 
2.30.2