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ipc: convert kern_ipc_perm.refcount from atomic_t to refcount_t

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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/1499417992-3238-4-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>
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Elena Reshetova
2017-09-08 16:17:45 -07:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent f74370b86e
commit 9405c03ee7
2 changed files with 5 additions and 4 deletions
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@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/uidgid.h>
#include <uapi/linux/ipc.h>
#include <linux/refcount.h>
#define IPCMNI 32768 /* <= MAX_INT limit for ipc arrays (including sysctl changes) */
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ struct kern_ipc_perm {
void *security;
struct rcu_head rcu;
atomic_t refcount;
refcount_t refcount;
} ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp __randomize_layout;
#endif /* _LINUX_IPC_H */