From patchwork Mon Feb 20 10:19:02 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Reshetova, Elena" X-Patchwork-Id: 9582429 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB9CA60578 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:27:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CE9928113 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:27:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 915B52843C; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:27:01 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A44E2841D for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:27:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752907AbdBTKZT (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:25:19 -0500 Received: from mga05.intel.com ([192.55.52.43]:37875 "EHLO mga05.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752346AbdBTKZQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:25:16 -0500 Received: from orsmga003.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.27]) by fmsmga105.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 20 Feb 2017 02:25:11 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.35,186,1484035200"; d="scan'208";a="935966826" Received: from elena-thinkpad-x230.fi.intel.com ([10.237.72.69]) by orsmga003.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 20 Feb 2017 02:25:06 -0800 From: Elena Reshetova To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-audit@redhat.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, tj@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, hannes@cmpxchg.org, lizefan@huawei.com, acme@kernel.org, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com, paul@paul-moore.com, eparis@redhat.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, arnd@arndb.de, luto@kernel.org, Elena Reshetova , Hans Liljestrand , Kees Cook , David Windsor Subject: [PATCH 13/19] kernel: convert group_info.usage from atomic_t to refcount_t Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:19:02 +0200 Message-Id: <1487585948-6401-14-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1487585948-6401-1-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> References: <1487585948-6401-1-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP 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 Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: David Windsor --- include/linux/cred.h | 7 ++++--- kernel/cred.c | 2 +- kernel/groups.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h index f0e70a1..c837f2d 100644 --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include struct user_struct; @@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ struct inode; * COW Supplementary groups list */ struct group_info { - atomic_t usage; + refcount_t usage; int ngroups; kgid_t gid[0]; }; @@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ struct group_info { */ static inline struct group_info *get_group_info(struct group_info *gi) { - atomic_inc(&gi->usage); + refcount_inc(&gi->usage); return gi; } @@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ static inline struct group_info *get_group_info(struct group_info *gi) */ #define put_group_info(group_info) \ do { \ - if (atomic_dec_and_test(&(group_info)->usage)) \ + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&(group_info)->usage)) \ groups_free(group_info); \ } while (0) diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c index 5f264fb..3afeea6 100644 --- a/kernel/cred.c +++ b/kernel/cred.c @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ do { \ static struct kmem_cache *cred_jar; /* init to 2 - one for init_task, one to ensure it is never freed */ -struct group_info init_groups = { .usage = ATOMIC_INIT(2) }; +struct group_info init_groups = { .usage = REFCOUNT_INIT(2) }; /* * The initial credentials for the initial task diff --git a/kernel/groups.c b/kernel/groups.c index 8dd7a61..455267f 100644 --- a/kernel/groups.c +++ b/kernel/groups.c @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ struct group_info *groups_alloc(int gidsetsize) if (!gi) return NULL; - atomic_set(&gi->usage, 1); + refcount_set(&gi->usage, 1); gi->ngroups = gidsetsize; return gi; }