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 __sctp_auth_h__
 
 #include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 
 struct sctp_endpoint;
 struct sctp_association;
  * over SCTP-AUTH
  */
 struct sctp_auth_bytes {
-       atomic_t refcnt;
+       refcount_t refcnt;
        __u32 len;
        __u8  data[];
 };
        if (!key)
                return;
 
-       atomic_inc(&key->refcnt);
+       refcount_inc(&key->refcnt);
 }
 
 void sctp_auth_key_put(struct sctp_auth_bytes *key);
 
        if (!key)
                return;
 
-       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&key->refcnt)) {
+       if (refcount_dec_and_test(&key->refcnt)) {
                kzfree(key);
                SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_DEC(keys);
        }
                return NULL;
 
        key->len = key_len;
-       atomic_set(&key->refcnt, 1);
+       refcount_set(&key->refcnt, 1);
        SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_INC(keys);
 
        return key;