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diff --git a/kernel/kcov.c b/kernel/kcov.c
index 187ba1b80bda..6563141f5de9 100644
--- a/kernel/kcov.c
+++ b/kernel/kcov.c
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ static int kcov_get_mode(unsigned long arg)
/*
* Fault in a lazily-faulted vmalloc area before it can be used by
- * __santizer_cov_trace_pc(), to avoid recursion issues if any code on the
+ * __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc(), to avoid recursion issues if any code on the
* vmalloc fault handling path is instrumented.
*/
static void kcov_fault_in_area(struct kcov *kcov)
@@ -978,6 +978,15 @@ static void kcov_move_area(enum kcov_mode mode, void *dst_area,
memcpy(dst_entries, src_entries, bytes_to_move);
entries_moved = bytes_to_move >> entry_size_log;
+ /*
+ * A write memory barrier is required here, to ensure
+ * that the writes from the memcpy() are visible before
+ * the count is updated. Without this, it is possible for
+ * a user to observe a new count value but stale
+ * coverage data.
+ */
+ smp_wmb();
+
switch (mode) {
case KCOV_MODE_TRACE_PC:
WRITE_ONCE(*(unsigned long *)dst_area, dst_len + entries_moved);