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| author | Reshetova, Elena <elena.reshetova@intel.com> | 2017-07-04 15:53:28 +0300 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2017-07-04 22:35:19 +0100 |
| commit | c638457a7c6b8931cd4586d6a13a33887185342d (patch) | |
| tree | 7339cd480b668078f1b238ada053beca604ac97f /include/net | |
| parent | a4b2b58efd44db68358e1a6b71cf205c795d7ada (diff) | |
| download | linux-c638457a7c6b8931cd4586d6a13a33887185342d.tar.bz2 | |
net, sctp: convert sctp_ep_common.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/sctp/structs.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h index 6a0d37258506..5ab29af8ca8a 100644 --- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h +++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h @@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ struct sctp_ep_common { * refcnt - Reference count access to this object. * dead - Do not attempt to use this object. */ - atomic_t refcnt; + refcount_t refcnt; bool dead; /* What socket does this endpoint belong to? */ |