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>
 };
 
 struct sec_path {
-       atomic_t                refcnt;
+       refcount_t              refcnt;
        int                     len;
        int                     olen;
 
 secpath_get(struct sec_path *sp)
 {
        if (sp)
-               atomic_inc(&sp->refcnt);
+               refcount_inc(&sp->refcnt);
        return sp;
 }
 
 static inline void
 secpath_put(struct sec_path *sp)
 {
-       if (sp && atomic_dec_and_test(&sp->refcnt))
+       if (sp && refcount_dec_and_test(&sp->refcnt))
                __secpath_destroy(sp);
 }
 
 
                for (i = 0; i < sp->len; i++)
                        xfrm_state_hold(sp->xvec[i]);
        }
-       atomic_set(&sp->refcnt, 1);
+       refcount_set(&sp->refcnt, 1);
        return sp;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(secpath_dup);
        struct sec_path *sp;
 
        /* Allocate new secpath or COW existing one. */
-       if (!skb->sp || atomic_read(&skb->sp->refcnt) != 1) {
+       if (!skb->sp || refcount_read(&skb->sp->refcnt) != 1) {
                sp = secpath_dup(skb->sp);
                if (!sp)
                        return -ENOMEM;