From 1f1be04b4d48a2475ea1aab46a99221bfc5c0968 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kuniyuki Iwashima Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2022 16:39:52 -0700 Subject: sysctl: Fix data races in proc_dointvec(). 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- kernel/sysctl.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel/sysctl.c') 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; -- cgit