Thread (63 messages) 63 messages, 12 authors, 2017-03-21

Re: [PATCH 11/29] drivers, media: convert cx88_core.refcount from atomic_t to refcount_t

From: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi>
Date: 2017-03-07 08:25:11
Also in: linux-bcache, linux-media, linux-pci, linux-raid, linux-s390, linux-scsi, linux-serial, lkml 

On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 04:20:58PM +0200, Elena Reshetova wrote:
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 <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <redacted>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <redacted>
Acked-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>

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Sakari Ailus
e-mail: sakari.ailus@iki.fi	XMPP: sailus@retiisi.org.uk
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