On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 12:19:00PM +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(a)intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel(a)gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook(a)chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor(a)gmail.com>
Applied to cgroup/for-4.12.
Thanks.
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tejun