[PATCH 01/29] drivers, block: convert xen_blkif.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t

Elena Reshetova elena.reshetova at intel.com
Mon Mar 6 14:20:48 UTC 2017


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 at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h | 7 ++++---
 drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
index dea61f6..2ccfd62 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include <asm/hypervisor.h>
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ struct xen_blkif {
 	struct xen_vbd		vbd;
 	/* Back pointer to the backend_info. */
 	struct backend_info	*be;
-	atomic_t		refcnt;
+	refcount_t		refcnt;
 	/* for barrier (drain) requests */
 	struct completion	drain_complete;
 	atomic_t		drain;
@@ -386,10 +387,10 @@ struct pending_req {
 			 (_v)->bdev->bd_part->nr_sects : \
 			  get_capacity((_v)->bdev->bd_disk))
 
-#define xen_blkif_get(_b) (atomic_inc(&(_b)->refcnt))
+#define xen_blkif_get(_b) (refcount_inc(&(_b)->refcnt))
 #define xen_blkif_put(_b)				\
 	do {						\
-		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&(_b)->refcnt))	\
+		if (refcount_dec_and_test(&(_b)->refcnt))	\
 			schedule_work(&(_b)->free_work);\
 	} while (0)
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
index 8fe61b5..9f89be3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static struct xen_blkif *xen_blkif_alloc(domid_t domid)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	blkif->domid = domid;
-	atomic_set(&blkif->refcnt, 1);
+	refcount_set(&blkif->refcnt, 1);
 	init_completion(&blkif->drain_complete);
 	INIT_WORK(&blkif->free_work, xen_blkif_deferred_free);
 
-- 
2.7.4



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