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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)
tree751ca7a379366af93f578d9f35f48339d4d2dd9b /net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
parent53869cebce4bc53f71a080e7830600d4ae1ab712 (diff)
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/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index f85cbfc183d6..f1a4881d9835 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ static void tcp_v6_init_req(struct request_sock *req,
np->rxopt.bits.rxinfo ||
np->rxopt.bits.rxoinfo || np->rxopt.bits.rxhlim ||
np->rxopt.bits.rxohlim || np->repflow)) {
- atomic_inc(&skb->users);
+ refcount_inc(&skb->users);
ireq->pktopts = skb;
}
}