From 431f125b67d51a84b93095a7df6b3c30222753b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elena Reshetova Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:15:45 +0200 Subject: lockd: convert nlm_lockowner.count from atomic_t to refcount_t atomic_t variables are currently used to implement reference counters with the following properties: - counter is initialized to 1 using atomic_set() - a resource is freed upon counter reaching zero - once counter reaches zero, its further increments aren't allowed - counter schema uses basic atomic operations (set, inc, inc_not_zero, dec_and_test, etc.) Such atomic variables should be converted to a newly provided refcount_t type and API that prevents accidental counter overflows and underflows. This is important since overflows and underflows can lead to use-after-free situation and be exploitable. The variable nlm_lockowner.count is used as pure reference counter. Convert it to refcount_t and fix up the operations. **Important note for maintainers: Some functions from refcount_t API defined in lib/refcount.c have different memory ordering guarantees than their atomic counterparts. The full comparison can be seen in https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/11/15/57 and it is hopefully soon in state to be merged to the documentation tree. Normally the differences should not matter since refcount_t provides enough guarantees to satisfy the refcounting use cases, but in some rare cases it might matter. Please double check that you don't have some undocumented memory guarantees for this variable usage. For the nlm_lockowner.count it might make a difference in following places: - nlm_put_lockowner(): decrement in refcount_dec_and_lock() only provides RELEASE ordering, control dependency on success and holds a spin lock on success vs. fully ordered atomic counterpart. No changes in spin lock guarantees. Suggested-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: David Windsor Reviewed-by: Hans Liljestrand Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust --- fs/lockd/clntproc.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/lockd') diff --git a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c index 066ac313ae5c..112173dbea76 100644 --- a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c +++ b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c @@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ void nlmclnt_next_cookie(struct nlm_cookie *c) static struct nlm_lockowner *nlm_get_lockowner(struct nlm_lockowner *lockowner) { - atomic_inc(&lockowner->count); + refcount_inc(&lockowner->count); return lockowner; } static void nlm_put_lockowner(struct nlm_lockowner *lockowner) { - if (!atomic_dec_and_lock(&lockowner->count, &lockowner->host->h_lock)) + if (!refcount_dec_and_lock(&lockowner->count, &lockowner->host->h_lock)) return; list_del(&lockowner->list); spin_unlock(&lockowner->host->h_lock); @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static struct nlm_lockowner *nlm_find_lockowner(struct nlm_host *host, fl_owner_ res = __nlm_find_lockowner(host, owner); if (res == NULL && new != NULL) { res = new; - atomic_set(&new->count, 1); + refcount_set(&new->count, 1); new->owner = owner; new->pid = __nlm_alloc_pid(host); new->host = nlm_get_host(host); -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b