drivers, firewire: convert fw_node.ref_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>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core-topology.c b/drivers/firewire/core-topology.c
index 0de83508f321..939d259ddf19 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core-topology.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core-topology.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static struct fw_node *fw_node_create(u32 sid, int port_count, int color)
         node->initiated_reset = SELF_ID_PHY_INITIATOR(sid);
         node->port_count = port_count;
 
-        atomic_set(&node->ref_count, 1);
+        refcount_set(&node->ref_count, 1);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&node->link);
 
         return node;