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authorReshetova, Elena <elena.reshetova@intel.com>2017-06-30 13:08:00 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-07-01 17:39:08 +0300
commit14afee4b6092fde451ee17604e5f5c89da33e71e (patch)
tree19be7a1d72a1b25c5e5366c1213cdda982aacca2 /net/sctp/output.c
parent2638595afccf6554bfe55268ff9b2d3ac3dff2e6 (diff)
downloadlinux-14afee4b6092fde451ee17604e5f5c89da33e71e.tar.xz
net: convert sock.sk_wmem_alloc 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/sctp/output.c')
-rw-r--r--net/sctp/output.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/sctp/output.c b/net/sctp/output.c
index 89cee1482d35..9bf9d84a96b7 100644
--- a/net/sctp/output.c
+++ b/net/sctp/output.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static void sctp_packet_set_owner_w(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sock *sk)
* therefore only reserve a single byte to keep socket around until
* the packet has been transmitted.
*/
- atomic_inc(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc);
+ refcount_inc(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc);
}
static int sctp_packet_pack(struct sctp_packet *packet,