From patchwork Fri Oct 20 10:12:10 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Reshetova, Elena" X-Patchwork-Id: 10019465 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 AC84460211 for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:14:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CC4F283C7 for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:14:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 8FCFF286FE; Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:14:27 +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 10743283C7 for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:14:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752584AbdJTKON (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Oct 2017 06:14:13 -0400 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:44939 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752100AbdJTKON (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Oct 2017 06:14:13 -0400 Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 20 Oct 2017 03:14:12 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.43,405,1503385200"; d="scan'208";a="1207997074" Received: from elena-thinkpad-x230.fi.intel.com ([10.237.72.87]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 20 Oct 2017 03:14:10 -0700 From: Elena Reshetova To: jack@suse.cz Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, amir73il@gmail.com, peterz@infradead.org, keescook@chromium.org, Elena Reshetova Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fsnotify: convert fsnotify_group.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:12:10 +0300 Message-Id: <1508494331-32211-1-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 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 atomic_t variables are currently used to implement reference counters with the following properties: - counter is initialized to 1 using atomic_set() - a resource is freed upon counter reaching zero - once counter reaches zero, its further increments aren't allowed - counter schema uses basic atomic operations (set, inc, inc_not_zero, dec_and_test, etc.) Such atomic variables should be converted to a newly provided refcount_t type and API that prevents accidental counter overflows and underflows. This is important since overflows and underflows can lead to use-after-free situation and be exploitable. The variable fsnotify_group.refcnt is used as pure reference counter. Convert it to refcount_t and fix up the operations. Suggested-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: David Windsor Reviewed-by: Hans Liljestrand Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova --- fs/notify/group.c | 6 +++--- include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/notify/group.c b/fs/notify/group.c index 3235753..b7a4b6a 100644 --- a/fs/notify/group.c +++ b/fs/notify/group.c @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_group(struct fsnotify_group *group) */ void fsnotify_get_group(struct fsnotify_group *group) { - atomic_inc(&group->refcnt); + refcount_inc(&group->refcnt); } /* @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void fsnotify_get_group(struct fsnotify_group *group) */ void fsnotify_put_group(struct fsnotify_group *group) { - if (atomic_dec_and_test(&group->refcnt)) + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&group->refcnt)) fsnotify_final_destroy_group(group); } @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ struct fsnotify_group *fsnotify_alloc_group(const struct fsnotify_ops *ops) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); /* set to 0 when there a no external references to this group */ - atomic_set(&group->refcnt, 1); + refcount_set(&group->refcnt, 1); atomic_set(&group->num_marks, 0); atomic_set(&group->user_waits, 0); diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h index c6c6931..20a57ba 100644 --- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h +++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include /* * IN_* from inotfy.h lines up EXACTLY with FS_*, this is so we can easily @@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ struct fsnotify_group { * inotify_init() and the refcnt will hit 0 only when that fd has been * closed. */ - atomic_t refcnt; /* things with interest in this group */ + refcount_t refcnt; /* things with interest in this group */ const struct fsnotify_ops *ops; /* how this group handles things */