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authorReshetova, Elena <elena.reshetova@intel.com>2017-07-04 15:53:25 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-07-05 00:35:18 +0300
commitc0acdfb409c82047853df1e5f3dbdbe4005c78ae (patch)
treea6995fa5b5b72c721c3280e716822b1be26c8c3c /include/net
parent6871584a5e493a9fa3ad330a73966908b082deac (diff)
downloadlinux-c0acdfb409c82047853df1e5f3dbdbe4005c78ae.tar.xz
net, sctp: convert sctp_datamsg.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')
-rw-r--r--include/net/sctp/structs.h2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index 07c11fefa8c4..4d7c855d8443 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ struct sctp_datamsg {
/* Chunks waiting to be submitted to lower layer. */
struct list_head chunks;
/* Reference counting. */
- atomic_t refcnt;
+ refcount_t refcnt;
/* When is this message no longer interesting to the peer? */
unsigned long expires_at;
/* Did the messenge fail to send? */