netdev - [PATCH net 10/12] netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_routing

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Message-Id: <20240304082046.64977-11-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
Date: Mon,  4 Mar 2024 16:20:44 +0800
From: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@...il.com>
To: ralf@...ux-mips.org,
	davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com
Cc: linux-hams@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kerneljasonxing@...il.com,
	Jason Xing <kernelxing@...cent.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 10/12] netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_routing_control

From: Jason Xing <kernelxing@...cent.com>

We need to protect the reader reading the sysctl value because the
value can be changed concurrently.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing@...cent.com>
---
 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 b8ddd8048f35..89e12e6eea2e 100644
--- a/net/netrom/nr_route.c
+++ b/net/netrom/nr_route.c
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ int nr_route_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, ax25_cb *ax25)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (!sysctl_netrom_routing_control && ax25 != NULL)
+	if (!READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_routing_control) && ax25 != NULL)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Its Time-To-Live has expired */
-- 
2.37.3