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.reshet...@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkam...@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwind...@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-vmalloc.c | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-vmalloc.c 
b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-vmalloc.c
index 3f77814..f83253a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-vmalloc.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-vmalloc.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ struct vb2_vmalloc_buf {
        struct frame_vector             *vec;
        enum dma_data_direction         dma_dir;
        unsigned long                   size;
-       atomic_t                        refcount;
+       refcount_t                      refcount;
        struct vb2_vmarea_handler       handler;
        struct dma_buf                  *dbuf;
 };
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ static void *vb2_vmalloc_alloc(struct device *dev, unsigned 
long attrs,
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
        }
 
-       atomic_inc(&buf->refcount);
+       refcount_set(&buf->refcount, 1);
        return buf;
 }
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ static void vb2_vmalloc_put(void *buf_priv)
 {
        struct vb2_vmalloc_buf *buf = buf_priv;
 
-       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&buf->refcount)) {
+       if (refcount_dec_and_test(&buf->refcount)) {
                vfree(buf->vaddr);
                kfree(buf);
        }
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ static void *vb2_vmalloc_vaddr(void *buf_priv)
 static unsigned int vb2_vmalloc_num_users(void *buf_priv)
 {
        struct vb2_vmalloc_buf *buf = buf_priv;
-       return atomic_read(&buf->refcount);
+       return refcount_read(&buf->refcount);
 }
 
 static int vb2_vmalloc_mmap(void *buf_priv, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ static struct dma_buf *vb2_vmalloc_get_dmabuf(void 
*buf_priv, unsigned long flag
                return NULL;
 
        /* dmabuf keeps reference to vb2 buffer */
-       atomic_inc(&buf->refcount);
+       refcount_inc(&buf->refcount);
 
        return dbuf;
 }
-- 
2.7.4

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