Subject: [PATCH net 11/12] netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_link_fails_count

From: Jason Xing <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 16:20:45 +0800

From: Jason Xing <[email-masked]>

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 <[email-masked]>
---
 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 89e12e6eea2e..70480869ad1c 100644
--- a/net/netrom/nr_route.c
+++ b/net/netrom/nr_route.c
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ void nr_link_failed(ax25_cb *ax25, int reason)
 	nr_neigh->ax25 = NULL;
 	ax25_cb_put(ax25);
 
-	if (++nr_neigh->failed < sysctl_netrom_link_fails_count) {
+	if (++nr_neigh->failed < READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_link_fails_count)) {
 		nr_neigh_put(nr_neigh);
 		return;
 	}
-- 
2.37.3