ipc: convert ipc_namespace.count from atomic_t to refcount_t
authorElena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Fri, 8 Sep 2017 23:17:38 +0000 (16:17 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Sat, 9 Sep 2017 01:26:51 +0000 (18:26 -0700)
commita2e0602c36ed9fe042714694dd5a889ecd8cb556
treece02930bac1f418d0920726c061ebeee5ca0ec53
parent7483e5d420d9d5aa1732c5efb0da59e095a8b24e
ipc: convert ipc_namespace.count 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.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1499417992-3238-2-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com
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>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Cc: <arozansk@redhat.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
ipc/msgutil.c
ipc/namespace.c