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>
#define __NET_NET_NAMESPACE_H
#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>
#define NETDEV_HASHENTRIES (1 << NETDEV_HASHBITS)
struct net {
- atomic_t passive; /* To decided when the network
+ refcount_t passive; /* To decided when the network
* namespace should be freed.
*/
atomic_t count; /* To decided when the network
struct net *ns = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
if (ns)
- atomic_inc(&ns->passive);
+ refcount_inc(&ns->passive);
#endif
return ns;
}
LIST_HEAD(net_exit_list);
atomic_set(&net->count, 1);
- atomic_set(&net->passive, 1);
+ refcount_set(&net->passive, 1);
net->dev_base_seq = 1;
net->user_ns = user_ns;
idr_init(&net->netns_ids);
void net_drop_ns(void *p)
{
struct net *ns = p;
- if (ns && atomic_dec_and_test(&ns->passive))
+ if (ns && refcount_dec_and_test(&ns->passive))
net_free(ns);
}