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.
Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: David Windsor <dwind...@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkam...@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshet...@intel.com> --- kernel/futex.c | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c index 16dbe4c..1cc7641 100644 --- a/kernel/futex.c +++ b/kernel/futex.c @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ #include <linux/freezer.h> #include <linux/bootmem.h> #include <linux/fault-inject.h> +#include <linux/refcount.h> #include <asm/futex.h> @@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ struct futex_pi_state { struct rt_mutex pi_mutex; struct task_struct *owner; - atomic_t refcount; + refcount_t refcount; union futex_key key; } __randomize_layout; @@ -794,7 +795,7 @@ static int refill_pi_state_cache(void) INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pi_state->list); /* pi_mutex gets initialized later */ pi_state->owner = NULL; - atomic_set(&pi_state->refcount, 1); + refcount_set(&pi_state->refcount, 1); pi_state->key = FUTEX_KEY_INIT; current->pi_state_cache = pi_state; @@ -814,7 +815,7 @@ static struct futex_pi_state *alloc_pi_state(void) static void get_pi_state(struct futex_pi_state *pi_state) { - WARN_ON_ONCE(!atomic_inc_not_zero(&pi_state->refcount)); + refcount_inc(&pi_state->refcount); } /* @@ -828,7 +829,7 @@ static void put_pi_state(struct futex_pi_state *pi_state) if (!pi_state) return; - if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&pi_state->refcount)) + if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&pi_state->refcount)) return; /* @@ -852,7 +853,7 @@ static void put_pi_state(struct futex_pi_state *pi_state) * refcount is at 0 - put it back to 1. */ pi_state->owner = NULL; - atomic_set(&pi_state->refcount, 1); + refcount_set(&pi_state->refcount, 1); current->pi_state_cache = pi_state; } } @@ -1046,7 +1047,7 @@ static int attach_to_pi_state(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, * and futex_wait_requeue_pi() as it cannot go to 0 and consequently * free pi_state before we can take a reference ourselves. */ - WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&pi_state->refcount)); + WARN_ON(!refcount_read(&pi_state->refcount)); /* * Now that we have a pi_state, we can acquire wait_lock -- 2.7.4