Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Oct 2017 02:31:32 +0100 (WEST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/15] networking drivers refcount_t conversions | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:23:34 +0300
> Note: these are the last patches related to networking that perform > conversion of refcounters from atomic_t to refcount_t. > In contrast to the core network refcounter conversions that > were merged earlier, these are much more straightforward ones. > > This series, for various networking drivers, replaces atomic_t reference > counters with the new refcount_t type and API (see include/linux/refcount.h). > By doing this we prevent intentional or accidental > underflows or overflows that can led to use-after-free vulnerabilities. > > The patches are fully independent and can be cherry-picked separately. > Patches are based on top of net-next. > If there are no objections to the patches, please merge them via respective trees
I've applied this entire series to net-next. If there are any fixups or follow-ups please send them as relative patches.
Thank you.
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