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| author | Reshetova, Elena <elena.reshetova@intel.com> | 2017-07-04 09:34:58 +0300 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2017-07-04 01:29:04 -0700 |
| commit | affa78bc6a204fac1b5ced4f34376f53c70ec0ac (patch) | |
| tree | cf44a8f3ed84f1eb22d80b8b7689a202eeabd9e6 /include/net | |
| parent | d3981bc615f652b9ead0762dd180125ac2b21a3a (diff) | |
net, ipv6: convert ifacaddr6.aca_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 <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 'include/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/if_inet6.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/if_inet6.h b/include/net/if_inet6.h index 4bb52ce634e8..d4088d1a688d 100644 --- a/include/net/if_inet6.h +++ b/include/net/if_inet6.h @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ struct ifacaddr6 { struct rt6_info *aca_rt; struct ifacaddr6 *aca_next; int aca_users; - atomic_t aca_refcnt; + refcount_t aca_refcnt; unsigned long aca_cstamp; unsigned long aca_tstamp; }; |