netdev - [PATCH v1 net 10/15] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_challenge_ack

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Message-ID: <20220720165026.59712-11-kuniyu@amazon.com>
Date:   Wed, 20 Jul 2022 09:50:21 -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 10/15] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_challenge_ack_limit.

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

Fixes: 282f23c6ee34 ("tcp: implement RFC 5961 3.2")
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index debfff94f3af..d386a69b1c05 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -3629,7 +3629,7 @@ static void tcp_send_challenge_ack(struct sock *sk)
 	/* Then check host-wide RFC 5961 rate limit. */
 	now = jiffies / HZ;
 	if (now != challenge_timestamp) {
-		u32 ack_limit = net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_challenge_ack_limit;
+		u32 ack_limit = READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_challenge_ack_limit);
 		u32 half = (ack_limit + 1) >> 1;
 
 		challenge_timestamp = now;
-- 
2.30.2