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authorReshetova, Elena <elena.reshetova@intel.com>2017-07-04 09:34:54 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-07-04 01:29:03 -0700
commit0aeea21ada517b99a6e95298ffc105381bcd3a52 (patch)
tree5a09b35a770e6893d3f146053463a64ddce6488b /include/net/ipv6.h
parent25f4535a94c2b38d09912d7e8bab371c9e97be38 (diff)
downloadlinux-0aeea21ada517b99a6e95298ffc105381bcd3a52.tar.gz
net, ipv6: convert ipv6_txoptions.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/ipv6.h')
-rw-r--r--include/net/ipv6.h7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index 3e505bbff8ca..6eac5cf8f1e6 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/ipv6.h>
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
 #include <linux/jhash.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <net/if_inet6.h>
 #include <net/ndisc.h>
 #include <net/flow.h>
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ extern rwlock_t ip6_ra_lock;
  */
 
 struct ipv6_txoptions {
-	atomic_t		refcnt;
+	refcount_t		refcnt;
 	/* Length of this structure */
 	int			tot_len;
 
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ static inline struct ipv6_txoptions *txopt_get(const struct ipv6_pinfo *np)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	opt = rcu_dereference(np->opt);
 	if (opt) {
-		if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&opt->refcnt))
+		if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&opt->refcnt))
 			opt = NULL;
 		else
 			opt = rcu_pointer_handoff(opt);
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@ static inline struct ipv6_txoptions *txopt_get(const struct ipv6_pinfo *np)
 
 static inline void txopt_put(struct ipv6_txoptions *opt)
 {
-	if (opt && atomic_dec_and_test(&opt->refcnt))
+	if (opt && refcount_dec_and_test(&opt->refcnt))
 		kfree_rcu(opt, rcu);
 }