Re: [PATCH v2] atm/fore200e: Fix possible data race in fore200e_open()

[Simon Horman]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 02:37:45AM +0000, Gui-Dong Han wrote:
> Protect access to fore200e->available_cell_rate with rate_mtx lock to
> prevent potential data race.
> 
> In this case, since the update depends on a prior read, a data race
> could lead to a wrong fore200e.available_cell_rate value.
> 
> The field fore200e.available_cell_rate is generally protected by the lock
> fore200e.rate_mtx when accessed. In all other read and write cases, this
> field is consistently protected by the lock, except for this case and
> during initialization.
> 
> This potential bug was detected by our experimental static analysis tool,
> which analyzes locking APIs and paired functions to identify data races
> and atomicity violations.
> 
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Gui-Dong Han <2045gemini@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2:
> * Added a description of the data race hazard in fore200e_open(), as
> suggested by Jakub Kicinski and Simon Horman.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>