Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 26 Apr 2017 12:18:19 +0200 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: convert threshold_bank.cpus from atomic_t to refcount_t |
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On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 04:38:56PM +0300, 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. > > Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> > Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> > Reviewed-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com> > Reviewed-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com> > --- > arch/x86/include/asm/amd_nb.h | 3 ++- > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_amd.c | 6 +++--- > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Applied, thanks.
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