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authorReshetova, Elena <elena.reshetova@intel.com>2017-06-30 13:07:55 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-07-01 07:39:07 -0700
commit9f23743017d11c103b38d2fa1f64674baeca41cd (patch)
tree272ef703abacf82daa5059b911f2a52159734294 /include/net/ndisc.h
parent1cc9a98b59ba92fece1277f76aa43e05f34936a6 (diff)
net: convert neighbour.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/ndisc.h')
-rw-r--r--include/net/ndisc.h2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/ndisc.h b/include/net/ndisc.h
index 1036c902d2c9..31b1bb11ba3f 100644
--- a/include/net/ndisc.h
+++ b/include/net/ndisc.h
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static inline struct neighbour *__ipv6_neigh_lookup(struct net_device *dev, cons
rcu_read_lock_bh();
n = __ipv6_neigh_lookup_noref(dev, pkey);
- if (n && !atomic_inc_not_zero(&n->refcnt))
+ if (n && !refcount_inc_not_zero(&n->refcnt))
n = NULL;
rcu_read_unlock_bh();