summary refs log tree commit diff
path: root/include/net/if_inet6.h
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorReshetova, Elena <elena.reshetova@intel.com>2017-07-04 09:34:58 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-07-04 01:29:04 -0700
commitaffa78bc6a204fac1b5ced4f34376f53c70ec0ac (patch)
treecf44a8f3ed84f1eb22d80b8b7689a202eeabd9e6 /include/net/if_inet6.h
parentd3981bc615f652b9ead0762dd180125ac2b21a3a (diff)
downloadlinux-affa78bc6a204fac1b5ced4f34376f53c70ec0ac.tar.gz
net, ipv6: convert ifacaddr6.aca_refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
refcount_t type and corresponding API should be
used instead of atomic_t when the variable is used as
a reference counter. This allows to avoid accidental
refcounter overflows that might lead to use-after-free
situations.

Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/if_inet6.h')
-rw-r--r--include/net/if_inet6.h2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/if_inet6.h b/include/net/if_inet6.h
index 4bb52ce634e8..d4088d1a688d 100644
--- a/include/net/if_inet6.h
+++ b/include/net/if_inet6.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ struct ifacaddr6 {
 	struct rt6_info		*aca_rt;
 	struct ifacaddr6	*aca_next;
 	int			aca_users;
-	atomic_t		aca_refcnt;
+	refcount_t		aca_refcnt;
 	unsigned long		aca_cstamp;
 	unsigned long		aca_tstamp;
 };