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authorElena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>2017-03-31 15:20:48 +0300
committerJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2017-04-03 10:49:05 +1000
commitfff292914d3a2f1efd05ca71c2ba72a3c663201e (patch)
tree627f9870ad82da8f6f06cca86a73e3b7e2fc97d5 /security/keys/proc.c
parentTOMOYO: Use designated initializers (diff)
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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/proc.c')
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/security/keys/proc.c b/security/keys/proc.c
index b9f531c9e4fa..69199f18bfb3 100644
--- a/security/keys/proc.c
+++ b/security/keys/proc.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static int proc_keys_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
showflag(key, 'U', KEY_FLAG_USER_CONSTRUCT),
showflag(key, 'N', KEY_FLAG_NEGATIVE),
showflag(key, 'i', KEY_FLAG_INVALIDATED),
- atomic_read(&key->usage),
+ refcount_read(&key->usage),
xbuf,
key->perm,
from_kuid_munged(seq_user_ns(m), key->uid),