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 <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <[email protected]>
---
 fs/afs/cell.c     | 20 ++++++++++----------
 fs/afs/internal.h |  4 ++--
 fs/afs/proc.c     |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/afs/cell.c b/fs/afs/cell.c
index ca0a3cf..e0440c0 100644
--- a/fs/afs/cell.c
+++ b/fs/afs/cell.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static struct afs_cell *afs_cell_alloc(const char *name, 
unsigned namelen,
        memcpy(cell->name, name, namelen);
        cell->name[namelen] = 0;
 
-       atomic_set(&cell->usage, 1);
+       refcount_set(&cell->usage, 1);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cell->link);
        rwlock_init(&cell->servers_lock);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cell->servers);
@@ -345,15 +345,15 @@ void afs_put_cell(struct afs_cell *cell)
        if (!cell)
                return;
 
-       _enter("%p{%d,%s}", cell, atomic_read(&cell->usage), cell->name);
+       _enter("%p{%d,%s}", cell, refcount_read(&cell->usage), cell->name);
 
-       ASSERTCMP(atomic_read(&cell->usage), >, 0);
+       ASSERTCMP(refcount_read(&cell->usage), >, 0);
 
        /* to prevent a race, the decrement and the dequeue must be effectively
         * atomic */
        write_lock(&afs_cells_lock);
 
-       if (likely(!atomic_dec_and_test(&cell->usage))) {
+       if (likely(!refcount_dec_and_test(&cell->usage))) {
                write_unlock(&afs_cells_lock);
                _leave("");
                return;
@@ -376,20 +376,20 @@ void afs_put_cell(struct afs_cell *cell)
  */
 static void afs_cell_destroy(struct afs_cell *cell)
 {
-       _enter("%p{%d,%s}", cell, atomic_read(&cell->usage), cell->name);
+       _enter("%p{%d,%s}", cell, refcount_read(&cell->usage), cell->name);
 
-       ASSERTCMP(atomic_read(&cell->usage), >=, 0);
+       ASSERTCMP(refcount_read(&cell->usage), >=, 0);
        ASSERT(list_empty(&cell->link));
 
        /* wait for everyone to stop using the cell */
-       if (atomic_read(&cell->usage) > 0) {
+       if (refcount_read(&cell->usage) > 0) {
                DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(myself, current);
 
                _debug("wait for cell %s", cell->name);
                set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
                add_wait_queue(&afs_cells_freeable_wq, &myself);
 
-               while (atomic_read(&cell->usage) > 0) {
+               while (refcount_read(&cell->usage) > 0) {
                        schedule();
                        set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
                }
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static void afs_cell_destroy(struct afs_cell *cell)
        }
 
        _debug("cell dead");
-       ASSERTCMP(atomic_read(&cell->usage), ==, 0);
+       ASSERTCMP(refcount_read(&cell->usage), ==, 0);
        ASSERT(list_empty(&cell->servers));
        ASSERT(list_empty(&cell->vl_list));
 
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ void afs_cell_purge(void)
 
                if (cell) {
                        _debug("PURGING CELL %s (%d)",
-                              cell->name, atomic_read(&cell->usage));
+                              cell->name, refcount_read(&cell->usage));
 
                        /* now the cell should be left with no references */
                        afs_cell_destroy(cell);
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 8acf367..e77fd4d 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ struct afs_cache_cell {
  * AFS cell record
  */
 struct afs_cell {
-       atomic_t                usage;
+       refcount_t              usage;
        struct list_head        link;           /* main cell list link */
        struct key              *anonymous_key; /* anonymous user key for this 
cell */
        struct list_head        proc_link;      /* /proc cell list link */
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ extern void afs_callback_update_kill(void);
 extern struct rw_semaphore afs_proc_cells_sem;
 extern struct list_head afs_proc_cells;
 
-#define afs_get_cell(C) do { atomic_inc(&(C)->usage); } while(0)
+#define afs_get_cell(C) do { refcount_inc(&(C)->usage); } while(0)
 extern int afs_cell_init(char *);
 extern struct afs_cell *afs_cell_create(const char *, unsigned, char *, bool);
 extern struct afs_cell *afs_cell_lookup(const char *, unsigned, bool);
diff --git a/fs/afs/proc.c b/fs/afs/proc.c
index 35efb9a..7eec16d 100644
--- a/fs/afs/proc.c
+++ b/fs/afs/proc.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static int afs_proc_cells_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 
        /* display one cell per line on subsequent lines */
        seq_printf(m, "%3d %s\n",
-                  atomic_read(&cell->usage), cell->name);
+                  refcount_read(&cell->usage), cell->name);
        return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.7.4

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