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authorElena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>2017-03-31 15:20:49 +0300
committerJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2017-04-03 10:49:06 +1000
commitddb99e118e37f324a4be65a411bb60ae62795cf9 (patch)
tree9fecb40084bb937fafa04eaf57d9bc4ae3bcb6a9 /security/keys/key.c
parentfff292914d3a2f1efd05ca71c2ba72a3c663201e (diff)
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security, keys: convert key_user.usage 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> Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'security/keys/key.c')
-rw-r--r--security/keys/key.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/security/keys/key.c b/security/keys/key.c
index ff92443..b4958b3 100644
--- a/security/keys/key.c
+++ b/security/keys/key.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ try_again:
/* if we get here, then the user record still hadn't appeared on the
* second pass - so we use the candidate record */
- atomic_set(&candidate->usage, 1);
+ refcount_set(&candidate->usage, 1);
atomic_set(&candidate->nkeys, 0);
atomic_set(&candidate->nikeys, 0);
candidate->uid = uid;
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ try_again:
/* okay - we found a user record for this UID */
found:
- atomic_inc(&user->usage);
+ refcount_inc(&user->usage);
spin_unlock(&key_user_lock);
kfree(candidate);
out:
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ out:
*/
void key_user_put(struct key_user *user)
{
- if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&user->usage, &key_user_lock)) {
+ if (refcount_dec_and_lock(&user->usage, &key_user_lock)) {
rb_erase(&user->node, &key_user_tree);
spin_unlock(&key_user_lock);
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