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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/syncookies.c
parent53869cebce4bc53f71a080e7830600d4ae1ab712 (diff)
downloadlinux-633547973ffc32fd2c815639d4675e1531f0896f.tar.bz2
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/syncookies.c')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/syncookies.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
index 2f7e99af67db..7b75b0620730 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ struct sock *cookie_v6_check(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
if (ipv6_opt_accepted(sk, skb, &TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->header.h6) ||
np->rxopt.bits.rxinfo || np->rxopt.bits.rxoinfo ||
np->rxopt.bits.rxhlim || np->rxopt.bits.rxohlim) {
- atomic_inc(&skb->users);
+ refcount_inc(&skb->users);
ireq->pktopts = skb;
}