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| author | Reshetova, Elena <elena.reshetova@intel.com> | 2017-06-30 13:08:08 +0300 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2017-07-01 07:39:09 -0700 |
| commit | c122e14df2d64311d1f0c0bbf4d8f42a7a8baf41 (patch) | |
| tree | 124cc4cd33a74c741a7f611b2143a37b00c0e19c /include/net/net_namespace.h | |
| parent | edcb691871b27c3cc463b7291afe75f1c3423406 (diff) | |
net: convert net.passive 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/net_namespace.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/net_namespace.h | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h index a24a57593202..31a2b51bef2c 100644 --- a/include/net/net_namespace.h +++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ #define __NET_NET_NAMESPACE_H #include <linux/atomic.h> +#include <linux/refcount.h> #include <linux/workqueue.h> #include <linux/list.h> #include <linux/sysctl.h> @@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ struct netns_ipvs; #define NETDEV_HASHENTRIES (1 << NETDEV_HASHBITS) struct net { - atomic_t passive; /* To decided when the network + refcount_t passive; /* To decided when the network * namespace should be freed. */ atomic_t count; /* To decided when the network |