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Elena Reshetova 313a912155 drivers, net, ppp: convert asyncppp.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
atomic_t variables are currently used to implement reference
counters with the following properties:
 - counter is initialized to 1 using atomic_set()
 - a resource is freed upon counter reaching zero
 - once counter reaches zero, its further
   increments aren't allowed
 - counter schema uses basic atomic operations
   (set, inc, inc_not_zero, dec_and_test, etc.)

Such atomic variables should be converted to a newly provided
refcount_t type and API that prevents accidental counter overflows
and underflows. This is important since overflows and underflows
can lead to use-after-free situation and be exploitable.

The variable asyncppp.refcnt is used as pure reference counter.
Convert it to refcount_t and fix up the operations.

Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2017-10-22 02:22:39 +01:00
arch um: net: Convert timers to use timer_setup() 2017-10-18 12:40:27 +01:00
block bsg-lib: fix use-after-free under memory-pressure 2017-10-04 08:35:04 -06:00
certs modsign: add markers to endif-statements in certs/Makefile 2017-07-14 11:01:37 +10:00
crypto crypto: af_alg - update correct dst SGL entry 2017-09-20 17:42:42 +08:00
Documentation Merge branch 'for-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bluetooth/bluetooth-next 2017-10-21 02:22:19 +01:00
drivers drivers, net, ppp: convert asyncppp.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-10-22 02:22:39 +01:00
firmware firmware: Restore support for built-in firmware 2017-09-16 10:58:48 -07:00
fs rxrpc: Use MSG_WAITALL to tell sendmsg() to temporarily ignore signals 2017-10-18 11:43:07 +01:00
include drivers, net, mlx5: convert mlx5_cq.refcount from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-10-22 02:22:38 +01:00
init Merge branch 'work.mount' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-09-14 18:54:01 -07:00
ipc fix a typo in put_compat_shm_info() 2017-09-25 20:41:46 -04:00
kernel selinux: bpf: Add addtional check for bpf object file receive 2017-10-20 13:32:59 +01:00
lib dql: make dql_init return void 2017-10-19 13:33:51 +01:00
mm mm/memory_hotplug: define find_{smallest|biggest}_section_pfn as unsigned long 2017-10-03 17:54:26 -07:00
net net: sched: mark expected switch fall-throughs 2017-10-22 02:07:08 +01:00
samples samples/bpf: add cpumap sample program xdp_redirect_cpu 2017-10-18 12:12:18 +01:00
scripts Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-10-05 18:19:22 -07:00
security selinux: bpf: Add addtional check for bpf object file receive 2017-10-20 13:32:59 +01:00
sound sound fixes for 4.14-rc4 2017-10-05 10:39:29 -07:00
tools tools: bpftool: add a command to display bpftool version 2017-10-22 02:11:32 +01:00
usr ramfs: clarify help text that compression applies to ramfs as well as legacy ramdisk. 2017-07-06 16:24:30 -07:00
virt Revert "KVM: Don't accept obviously wrong gsi values via KVM_IRQFD" 2017-09-19 08:37:17 +02:00
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Kbuild kbuild: Consolidate header generation from ASM offset information 2017-04-13 05:43:37 +09:00
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README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.