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| author |   Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> | 2017-03-31 15:20:48 +0300 |
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| committer |   James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com> | 2017-04-03 10:49:05 +1000 |
| commit | fff292914d3a2f1efd05ca71c2ba72a3c663201e (patch) | |
| tree | 627f9870ad82da8f6f06cca86a73e3b7e2fc97d5 /security/keys/gc.c | |
| parent | TOMOYO: Use designated initializers (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-fff292914d3a2f1efd05ca71c2ba72a3c663201e.tar.xz linux-dev-fff292914d3a2f1efd05ca71c2ba72a3c663201e.zip | |
security, keys: convert key.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/gc.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/keys/gc.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/security/keys/gc.c b/security/keys/gc.c index addf060399e0..44789256c88c 100644 --- a/security/keys/gc.c +++ b/security/keys/gc.c @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ continue_scanning: key = rb_entry(cursor, struct key, serial_node); cursor = rb_next(cursor); - if (atomic_read(&key->usage) == 0) + if (refcount_read(&key->usage) == 0) goto found_unreferenced_key; if (unlikely(gc_state & KEY_GC_REAPING_DEAD_1)) { |