audit: convert audit_watch.count from atomic_t to refcount_t

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 <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
[PM: fix subject line, add #include]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index e293165dd063..e0656bd63036 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/fsnotify_backend.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/netlink.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@
  */
 
 struct audit_watch {
-        atomic_t                count;  /* reference count */
+        refcount_t              count;  /* reference count */
         dev_t                   dev;    /* associated superblock device */
         char                    *path;  /* insertion path */
         unsigned long           ino;    /* associated inode number */
@@ -111,12 +112,12 @@ static inline struct audit_parent *audit_find_parent(struct inode *inode)
 
 void audit_get_watch(struct audit_watch *watch)
 {
-        atomic_inc(&watch->count);
+        refcount_inc(&watch->count);
 }
 
 void audit_put_watch(struct audit_watch *watch)
 {
-        if (atomic_dec_and_test(&watch->count)) {
+        if (refcount_dec_and_test(&watch->count)) {
                 WARN_ON(watch->parent);
                 WARN_ON(!list_empty(&watch->rules));
                 kfree(watch->path);
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ static struct audit_watch *audit_init_watch(char *path)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&watch->rules);
-        atomic_set(&watch->count, 1);
+        refcount_set(&watch->count, 1);
         watch->path = path;
         watch->dev = AUDIT_DEV_UNSET;
         watch->ino = AUDIT_INO_UNSET;