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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 17:39:07 +0300
commit633547973ffc32fd2c815639d4675e1531f0896f (patch)
tree751ca7a379366af93f578d9f35f48339d4d2dd9b /net/core/netpoll.c
parent53869cebce4bc53f71a080e7830600d4ae1ab712 (diff)
downloadlinux-633547973ffc32fd2c815639d4675e1531f0896f.tar.xz
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/core/netpoll.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/netpoll.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 37c1e34ddd85..a835155c85f9 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static void zap_completion_queue(void)
struct sk_buff *skb = clist;
clist = clist->next;
if (!skb_irq_freeable(skb)) {
- atomic_inc(&skb->users);
+ refcount_inc(&skb->users);
dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); /* put this one back */
} else {
__kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ repeat:
return NULL;
}
- atomic_set(&skb->users, 1);
+ refcount_set(&skb->users, 1);
skb_reserve(skb, reserve);
return skb;
}