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authorReshetova, Elena <[email protected]>2017-06-30 10:08:05 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <[email protected]>2017-07-01 14:39:08 +0000
commit8c9814b97002f61846ebf3048e8df5aae52f7828 (patch)
treecc555b6c6c8542b6ef5ffe213ecb76f55c62630c /include/net/af_unix.h
parentnet: convert netpoll_info.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t (diff)
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net: convert unix_address.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 <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David Windsor <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/af_unix.h')
-rw-r--r--include/net/af_unix.h3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/af_unix.h b/include/net/af_unix.h
index fd60eccb59a6..3a385e4767f0 100644
--- a/include/net/af_unix.h
+++ b/include/net/af_unix.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
#include <linux/socket.h>
#include <linux/un.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
#include <net/sock.h>
void unix_inflight(struct user_struct *user, struct file *fp);
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ extern spinlock_t unix_table_lock;
extern struct hlist_head unix_socket_table[2 * UNIX_HASH_SIZE];
struct unix_address {
- atomic_t refcnt;
+ refcount_t refcnt;
int len;
unsigned int hash;
struct sockaddr_un name[0];