[PATCH 1/3] ipc: convert ipc_namespace.count from atomic_t to refcount_t

[Elena Reshetova]

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.reshet...@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkam...@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwind...@gmail.com>
---
 include/linux/ipc_namespace.h | 5 +++--
 ipc/msgutil.c                 | 2 +-
 ipc/namespace.c               | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
index 65327ee..e81445c 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/ns_common.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 
 struct user_namespace;
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ struct ipc_ids {
 };
 
 struct ipc_namespace {
-       atomic_t        count;
+       refcount_t      count;
        struct ipc_ids  ids[3];
 
        int             sem_ctls[4];
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ extern struct ipc_namespace *copy_ipcs(unsigned long flags,
 static inline struct ipc_namespace *get_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
        if (ns)
-               atomic_inc(&ns->count);
+               refcount_inc(&ns->count);
        return ns;
 }
 
diff --git a/ipc/msgutil.c b/ipc/msgutil.c
index bf74eaa..8459802 100644
--- a/ipc/msgutil.c
+++ b/ipc/msgutil.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mq_lock);
  * and not CONFIG_IPC_NS.
  */
 struct ipc_namespace init_ipc_ns = {
-       .count          = ATOMIC_INIT(1),
+       .count          = REFCOUNT_INIT(1),
        .user_ns = &init_user_ns,
        .ns.inum = PROC_IPC_INIT_INO,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPC_NS
diff --git a/ipc/namespace.c b/ipc/namespace.c
index b4d80f9..7af6e6b 100644
--- a/ipc/namespace.c
+++ b/ipc/namespace.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static struct ipc_namespace *create_ipc_ns(struct 
user_namespace *user_ns,
                goto fail_free;
        ns->ns.ops = &ipcns_operations;
 
-       atomic_set(&ns->count, 1);
+       refcount_set(&ns->count, 1);
        ns->user_ns = get_user_ns(user_ns);
        ns->ucounts = ucounts;
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static void free_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
  */
 void put_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
-       if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&ns->count, &mq_lock)) {
+       if (refcount_dec_and_lock(&ns->count, &mq_lock)) {
                mq_clear_sbinfo(ns);
                spin_unlock(&mq_lock);
                mq_put_mnt(ns);
-- 
2.7.4