From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752830AbdBTKZD (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:25:03 -0500 Received: from mga07.intel.com ([134.134.136.100]:35922 "EHLO mga07.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751498AbdBTKZA (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:25:00 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.35,186,1484035200"; d="scan'208";a="935966673" From: Elena Reshetova To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-audit@redhat.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, tj@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, hannes@cmpxchg.org, lizefan@huawei.com, acme@kernel.org, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com, paul@paul-moore.com, eparis@redhat.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, arnd@arndb.de, luto@kernel.org, Elena Reshetova , Hans Liljestrand , Kees Cook , David Windsor Subject: [PATCH 10/19] kernel: convert nsproxy.count from atomic_t to refcount_t Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:18:59 +0200 Message-Id: <1487585948-6401-11-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1487585948-6401-1-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> References: <1487585948-6401-1-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: David Windsor --- include/linux/nsproxy.h | 6 +++--- kernel/nsproxy.c | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/nsproxy.h b/include/linux/nsproxy.h index ac0d65b..f862ba8 100644 --- a/include/linux/nsproxy.h +++ b/include/linux/nsproxy.h @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct fs_struct; * nsproxy is copied. */ struct nsproxy { - atomic_t count; + refcount_t count; struct uts_namespace *uts_ns; struct ipc_namespace *ipc_ns; struct mnt_namespace *mnt_ns; @@ -74,14 +74,14 @@ int __init nsproxy_cache_init(void); static inline void put_nsproxy(struct nsproxy *ns) { - if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ns->count)) { + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&ns->count)) { free_nsproxy(ns); } } static inline void get_nsproxy(struct nsproxy *ns) { - atomic_inc(&ns->count); + refcount_inc(&ns->count); } #endif diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c index 782102e..435a0f9 100644 --- a/kernel/nsproxy.c +++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *nsproxy_cachep; struct nsproxy init_nsproxy = { - .count = ATOMIC_INIT(1), + .count = REFCOUNT_INIT(1), .uts_ns = &init_uts_ns, #if defined(CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE) || defined(CONFIG_SYSVIPC) .ipc_ns = &init_ipc_ns, @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static inline struct nsproxy *create_nsproxy(void) nsproxy = kmem_cache_alloc(nsproxy_cachep, GFP_KERNEL); if (nsproxy) - atomic_set(&nsproxy->count, 1); + refcount_set(&nsproxy->count, 1); return nsproxy; } @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ void switch_task_namespaces(struct task_struct *p, struct nsproxy *new) p->nsproxy = new; task_unlock(p); - if (ns && atomic_dec_and_test(&ns->count)) + if (ns && refcount_dec_and_test(&ns->count)) free_nsproxy(ns); } -- 2.7.4