[PATCH 16/16] drivers, net, intersil: convert request_context.refcount from atomic_t to refcount_t

Kalle Valo kvalo at codeaurora.org
Mon Apr 3 04:41:08 PDT 2017


Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova at intel.com> writes:

> 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/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco_usb.c | 15 ++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

The prefix should be "orinoco_usb:", I'll fix that.

-- 
Kalle Valo



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