The 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 <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Yazen Ghannam <Yazen.Ghannam@amd.com>
Cc: linux-edac <linux-edac@vger.kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1492695536-5947-1-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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