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| author | Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> | 2017-09-08 16:17:38 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-09-08 18:26:51 -0700 |
| commit | a2e0602c36ed9fe042714694dd5a889ecd8cb556 (patch) | |
| tree | ce02930bac1f418d0920726c061ebeee5ca0ec53 /ipc/namespace.c | |
| parent | 7483e5d420d9d5aa1732c5efb0da59e095a8b24e (diff) | |
| download | lwn-a2e0602c36ed9fe042714694dd5a889ecd8cb556.tar.gz lwn-a2e0602c36ed9fe042714694dd5a889ecd8cb556.zip | |
ipc: convert ipc_namespace.count 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.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1499417992-3238-2-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com
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>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Cc: <arozansk@redhat.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'ipc/namespace.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | ipc/namespace.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ipc/namespace.c b/ipc/namespace.c index b4d80f9f7246..7af6e6b883b9 100644 --- a/ipc/namespace.c +++ b/ipc/namespace.c @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static struct ipc_namespace *create_ipc_ns(struct user_namespace *user_ns, goto fail_free; ns->ns.ops = &ipcns_operations; - atomic_set(&ns->count, 1); + refcount_set(&ns->count, 1); ns->user_ns = get_user_ns(user_ns); ns->ucounts = ucounts; @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static void free_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns) */ void put_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns) { - if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&ns->count, &mq_lock)) { + if (refcount_dec_and_lock(&ns->count, &mq_lock)) { mq_clear_sbinfo(ns); spin_unlock(&mq_lock); mq_put_mnt(ns); |