From patchwork Mon Feb 20 10:19:05 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Reshetova, Elena" X-Patchwork-Id: 9582425 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 A234560578 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:26:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92A7028840 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:26:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 8748828851; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:26:46 +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 39E6E28840 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:26:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753001AbdBTKZb (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:25:31 -0500 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:30004 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752988AbdBTKZ3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:25:29 -0500 Received: from orsmga003.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.27]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 20 Feb 2017 02:25:28 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.35,186,1484035200"; d="scan'208";a="935966891" Received: from elena-thinkpad-x230.fi.intel.com ([10.237.72.69]) by orsmga003.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 20 Feb 2017 02:25:23 -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 16/19] kernel: convert audit_watch.count from atomic_t to refcount_t Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:19:05 +0200 Message-Id: <1487585948-6401-17-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_watch.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c index f79e465..8ca9e6c 100644 --- a/kernel/audit_watch.c +++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ */ struct audit_watch { - atomic_t count; /* reference count */ + refcount_t count; /* reference count */ dev_t dev; /* associated superblock device */ char *path; /* insertion path */ unsigned long ino; /* associated inode number */ @@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ static inline struct audit_parent *audit_find_parent(struct inode *inode) void audit_get_watch(struct audit_watch *watch) { - atomic_inc(&watch->count); + refcount_inc(&watch->count); } void audit_put_watch(struct audit_watch *watch) { - if (atomic_dec_and_test(&watch->count)) { + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&watch->count)) { WARN_ON(watch->parent); WARN_ON(!list_empty(&watch->rules)); kfree(watch->path); @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static struct audit_watch *audit_init_watch(char *path) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&watch->rules); - atomic_set(&watch->count, 1); + refcount_set(&watch->count, 1); watch->path = path; watch->dev = AUDIT_DEV_UNSET; watch->ino = AUDIT_INO_UNSET;