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.reshet...@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkam...@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwind...@gmail.com>
---
 arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c | 17 +++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
index c0765bb..ac3fe0d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 
 #include <asm/cpudata.h>
 #include <asm/hypervisor.h>
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ struct mdesc_handle {
        struct list_head        list;
        struct mdesc_mem_ops    *mops;
        void                    *self_base;
-       atomic_t                refcnt;
+       refcount_t              refcnt;
        unsigned int            handle_size;
        struct mdesc_hdr        mdesc;
 };
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ static void mdesc_handle_init(struct mdesc_handle *hp,
        memset(hp, 0, handle_size);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hp->list);
        hp->self_base = base;
-       atomic_set(&hp->refcnt, 1);
+       refcount_set(&hp->refcnt, 1);
        hp->handle_size = handle_size;
 }
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ static void __init mdesc_memblock_free(struct mdesc_handle 
*hp)
        unsigned int alloc_size;
        unsigned long start;
 
-       BUG_ON(atomic_read(&hp->refcnt) != 0);
+       BUG_ON(refcount_read(&hp->refcnt) != 0);
        BUG_ON(!list_empty(&hp->list));
 
        alloc_size = PAGE_ALIGN(hp->handle_size);
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ static struct mdesc_handle *mdesc_kmalloc(unsigned int 
mdesc_size)
 
 static void mdesc_kfree(struct mdesc_handle *hp)
 {
-       BUG_ON(atomic_read(&hp->refcnt) != 0);
+       BUG_ON(refcount_read(&hp->refcnt) != 0);
        BUG_ON(!list_empty(&hp->list));
 
        kfree(hp->self_base);
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ struct mdesc_handle *mdesc_grab(void)
        spin_lock_irqsave(&mdesc_lock, flags);
        hp = cur_mdesc;
        if (hp)
-               atomic_inc(&hp->refcnt);
+               refcount_inc(&hp->refcnt);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mdesc_lock, flags);
 
        return hp;
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ void mdesc_release(struct mdesc_handle *hp)
        unsigned long flags;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&mdesc_lock, flags);
-       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&hp->refcnt)) {
+       if (refcount_dec_and_test(&hp->refcnt)) {
                list_del_init(&hp->list);
                hp->mops->free(hp);
        }
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ void mdesc_update(void)
        if (status != HV_EOK || real_len > len) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "MD: mdesc reread fails with %lu\n",
                       status);
-               atomic_dec(&hp->refcnt);
+               refcount_dec(&hp->refcnt);
                mdesc_free(hp);
                goto out;
        }
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ void mdesc_update(void)
        mdesc_notify_clients(orig_hp, hp);
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&mdesc_lock, flags);
-       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&orig_hp->refcnt))
+       if (refcount_dec_and_test(&orig_hp->refcnt))
                mdesc_free(orig_hp);
        else
                list_add(&orig_hp->list, &mdesc_zombie_list);
-- 
2.7.4

Reply via email to