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authorReshetova, Elena2017-06-30 13:08:00 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller2017-07-01 07:39:08 -0700
commit14afee4b6092fde451ee17604e5f5c89da33e71e (patch)
tree19be7a1d72a1b25c5e5366c1213cdda982aacca2 /net/netlink
parent2638595afccf6554bfe55268ff9b2d3ac3dff2e6 (diff)
net: convert sock.sk_wmem_alloc from atomic_t to refcount_t
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 <elena.reshetova@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/netlink')
-rw-r--r--net/netlink/af_netlink.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 05030ad1a36c..8ced52e91181 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static void netlink_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
}
WARN_ON(atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc));
- WARN_ON(atomic_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc));
+ WARN_ON(refcount_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc));
WARN_ON(nlk_sk(sk)->groups);
}