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diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c
index 39ad1038d45d..cfc3075769bb 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c
@@ -232,7 +232,14 @@ static ssize_t evm_write_xattrs(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
goto out;
}
- /* Guard against races in evm_read_xattrs */
+ /*
+ * xattr_list_mutex guards against races in evm_read_xattrs().
+ * Entries are only added to the evm_config_xattrnames list
+ * and never deleted. Therefore, the list is traversed
+ * using list_for_each_entry_lockless() without holding
+ * the mutex in evm_calc_hmac_or_hash(), evm_find_protected_xattrs()
+ * and evm_protected_xattr().
+ */
mutex_lock(&xattr_list_mutex);
list_for_each_entry(tmp, &evm_config_xattrnames, list) {
if (strcmp(xattr->name, tmp->name) == 0) {