From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: cve@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>,
linux-cve-announce@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: CVE-2024-27429: netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_obsolescence_count_initialiser
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 16:40:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2024052105-pulsate-reborn-119a@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZkxdqOUek_MHqIMn@tiehlicka>
On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 10:39:04AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> This and couple of others are all having the same pattern. Adding
> READ_ONCE for an integer value with a claim that this might race with
> sysctl updates. While the claim about the race is correct I fail to see
> how this could have any security consequences. Even if a partial write
> was observed which sounds _more_ than theoretical these all are merely
> timeouts and delays.
>
> Is there anything I am missing?
Nope, you are right, our fault, I'll go revoke this now.
Thanks for the review, it's much appreciated!
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-21 14:42 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <2024051722-CVE-2024-27429-878c@gregkh>
2024-05-21 8:39 ` CVE-2024-27429: netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_obsolescence_count_initialiser Michal Hocko
2024-05-21 14:40 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2024-05-21 16:05 ` Michal Hocko
2024-05-22 5:11 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2024-05-22 10:21 ` Davide Benini
2024-05-24 11:27 ` Michal Hocko
2024-05-25 13:28 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
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