1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/utsname.c b/kernel/utsname.c
index 9d8180a0f0d8..816d7b24fa03 100644
--- a/kernel/utsname.c
+++ b/kernel/utsname.c
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ static struct uts_namespace *clone_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *old_ns)
         if (!ns)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+        down_read(&uts_sem);
         memcpy(&ns->name, &old_ns->name, sizeof(ns->name));
+        up_read(&uts_sem);
         kref_init(&ns->kref);
         return ns;
 }