| Message ID | 20220706234003.66760-2-kuniyu@amazon.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Commit | 1f1be04b4d48a2475ea1aab46a99221bfc5c0968 |
| Delegated to: | Netdev Maintainers |
| Headers | show |
| Series | sysctl: Fix data-races around ipv4_table. | expand |
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index e52b6e372c60..c8a05655ae60 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -446,14 +446,14 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp, if (*negp) { if (*lvalp > (unsigned long) INT_MAX + 1) return -EINVAL; - *valp = -*lvalp; + WRITE_ONCE(*valp, -*lvalp); } else { if (*lvalp > (unsigned long) INT_MAX) return -EINVAL; - *valp = *lvalp; + WRITE_ONCE(*valp, *lvalp); } } else { - int val = *valp; + int val = READ_ONCE(*valp); if (val < 0) { *negp = true; *lvalp = -(unsigned long)val;
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() to use READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() internally to fix data-races on the sysctl side. For now, proc_dointvec() 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@amazon.com> --- kernel/sysctl.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)