summary refs log tree commit diff
path: root/include/net
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorReshetova, Elena <elena.reshetova@intel.com>2017-07-04 15:53:29 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-07-04 22:35:19 +0100
commit07f2282fc6a169980b08cedf3beaf8334b7b9dde (patch)
treee6db91bac91587f72cc2642dfbe111b684863106 /include/net
parentc638457a7c6b8931cd4586d6a13a33887185342d (diff)
downloadlinux-07f2282fc6a169980b08cedf3beaf8334b7b9dde.tar.gz
net, ax25: convert ax25_uid_assoc.refcount 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')
-rw-r--r--include/net/ax25.h8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/ax25.h b/include/net/ax25.h
index e602f8177ebf..edd82f0a4d27 100644
--- a/include/net/ax25.h
+++ b/include/net/ax25.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <net/neighbour.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ enum {
 
 typedef struct ax25_uid_assoc {
 	struct hlist_node	uid_node;
-	atomic_t		refcount;
+	refcount_t		refcount;
 	kuid_t			uid;
 	ax25_address		call;
 } ax25_uid_assoc;
@@ -167,11 +167,11 @@ typedef struct ax25_uid_assoc {
 	hlist_for_each_entry(__ax25, list, uid_node)
 
 #define ax25_uid_hold(ax25) \
-	atomic_inc(&((ax25)->refcount))
+	refcount_inc(&((ax25)->refcount))
 
 static inline void ax25_uid_put(ax25_uid_assoc *assoc)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&assoc->refcount)) {
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&assoc->refcount)) {
 		kfree(assoc);
 	}
 }