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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/sctp/socket.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/sctp/socket.c')
-rw-r--r--net/sctp/socket.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 7b6e20eb9451..b497ee8ae279 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -7563,7 +7563,7 @@ struct sk_buff *sctp_skb_recv_datagram(struct sock *sk, int flags,
if (flags & MSG_PEEK) {
skb = skb_peek(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
if (skb)
- atomic_inc(&skb->users);
+ refcount_inc(&skb->users);
} else {
skb = __skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
}