From patchwork Mon Feb 20 10:19:04 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Reshetova, Elena" X-Patchwork-Id: 9582427 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 5042560578 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:26:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FE9028840 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:26:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 323C928851; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:26:56 +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 BF65828840 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:26:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752958AbdBTKZ0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:25:26 -0500 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:48946 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752935AbdBTKZX (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:25:23 -0500 Received: from orsmga003.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.27]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 20 Feb 2017 02:25:22 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.35,186,1484035200"; d="scan'208";a="935966859" Received: from elena-thinkpad-x230.fi.intel.com ([10.237.72.69]) by orsmga003.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 20 Feb 2017 02:25:17 -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 15/19] kernel: convert audit_tree.count from atomic_t to refcount_t Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:19:04 +0200 Message-Id: <1487585948-6401-16-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 --- kernel/audit_tree.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/audit_tree.c b/kernel/audit_tree.c index 7b44195..7ed617b 100644 --- a/kernel/audit_tree.c +++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ struct audit_tree; struct audit_chunk; struct audit_tree { - atomic_t count; + refcount_t count; int goner; struct audit_chunk *root; struct list_head chunks; @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static struct audit_tree *alloc_tree(const char *s) tree = kmalloc(sizeof(struct audit_tree) + strlen(s) + 1, GFP_KERNEL); if (tree) { - atomic_set(&tree->count, 1); + refcount_set(&tree->count, 1); tree->goner = 0; INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tree->chunks); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tree->rules); @@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ static struct audit_tree *alloc_tree(const char *s) static inline void get_tree(struct audit_tree *tree) { - atomic_inc(&tree->count); + refcount_inc(&tree->count); } static inline void put_tree(struct audit_tree *tree) { - if (atomic_dec_and_test(&tree->count)) + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&tree->count)) kfree_rcu(tree, head); }