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| author |   Reshetova, Elena <elena.reshetova@intel.com> | 2017-07-04 09:34:55 +0300 |
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| committer |   David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2017-07-04 01:29:04 -0700 |
| commit | 1be9246077f6bb1583f9347c599480621d63c66a (patch) | |
| tree | 1c53e30fe4a14dde41e95b4d10cba6df96fd91a1 /include/net/if_inet6.h | |
| parent | net, ipv6: convert ipv6_txoptions.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t (diff) | |
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net, ipv6: convert inet6_dev.refcnt 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 'include/net/if_inet6.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/if_inet6.h | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/if_inet6.h b/include/net/if_inet6.h index f656f9051aca..e7a17b231afc 100644 --- a/include/net/if_inet6.h +++ b/include/net/if_inet6.h @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ #include <net/snmp.h> #include <linux/ipv6.h> +#include <linux/refcount.h> /* inet6_dev.if_flags */ @@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ struct inet6_dev { struct ifacaddr6 *ac_list; rwlock_t lock; - atomic_t refcnt; + refcount_t refcnt; __u32 if_flags; int dead; |