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authorReshetova, Elena <elena.reshetova@intel.com>2017-06-30 13:07:58 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-07-01 07:39:07 -0700
commit633547973ffc32fd2c815639d4675e1531f0896f (patch)
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parent53869cebce4bc53f71a080e7830600d4ae1ab712 (diff)
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net: convert sk_buff.users 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 'net/key')
-rw-r--r--net/key/af_key.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/key/af_key.c b/net/key/af_key.c
index 376fdcf7a6b9..287964a570e9 100644
--- a/net/key/af_key.c
+++ b/net/key/af_key.c
@@ -203,11 +203,11 @@ static int pfkey_broadcast_one(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff **skb2,
sock_hold(sk);
if (*skb2 == NULL) {
- if (atomic_read(&skb->users) != 1) {
+ if (refcount_read(&skb->users) != 1) {
*skb2 = skb_clone(skb, allocation);
} else {
*skb2 = skb;
- atomic_inc(&skb->users);
+ refcount_inc(&skb->users);
}
}
if (*skb2 != NULL) {