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Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 14:39:50 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: [PATCH v5 1/3] refcount: Create unchecked atomic_t implementation

Many subsystems will not use refcount_t unless there is a way to build the
kernel so that there is no regression in speed compared to atomic_t. This
adds CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL to enable the full refcount_t implementation
which has the validation but is slightly slower. When not enabled,
refcount_t uses the basic unchecked atomic_t routines, which results in
no code changes compared to just using atomic_t directly.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 arch/Kconfig             |  9 +++++++++
 include/linux/refcount.h | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/refcount.c           |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 56 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 6c00e5b00f8b..fba3bf186728 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -867,4 +867,13 @@ config STRICT_MODULE_RWX
 config ARCH_WANT_RELAX_ORDER
 	bool
 
+config REFCOUNT_FULL
+	bool "Perform full reference count validation at the expense of speed"
+	help
+	  Enabling this switches the refcounting infrastructure from a fast
+	  unchecked atomic_t implementation to a fully state checked
+	  implementation, which can be slower but provides protections
+	  against various use-after-free conditions that can be used in
+	  security flaw exploits.
+
 source "kernel/gcov/Kconfig"
diff --git a/include/linux/refcount.h b/include/linux/refcount.h
index b34aa649d204..68ecb431dbab 100644
--- a/include/linux/refcount.h
+++ b/include/linux/refcount.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ static inline unsigned int refcount_read(const refcount_t *r)
 	return atomic_read(&r->refs);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL
 extern __must_check bool refcount_add_not_zero(unsigned int i, refcount_t *r);
 extern void refcount_add(unsigned int i, refcount_t *r);
 
@@ -52,6 +53,49 @@ extern void refcount_sub(unsigned int i, refcount_t *r);
 
 extern __must_check bool refcount_dec_and_test(refcount_t *r);
 extern void refcount_dec(refcount_t *r);
+#else
+static inline __must_check bool refcount_add_not_zero(unsigned int i,
+						      refcount_t *r)
+{
+	return atomic_add_return(i, &r->refs) != 0;
+}
+
+static inline void refcount_add(unsigned int i, refcount_t *r)
+{
+	atomic_add(i, &r->refs);
+}
+
+static inline __must_check bool refcount_inc_not_zero(refcount_t *r)
+{
+	return atomic_add_unless(&r->refs, 1, 0);
+}
+
+static inline void refcount_inc(refcount_t *r)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&r->refs);
+}
+
+static inline __must_check bool refcount_sub_and_test(unsigned int i,
+						      refcount_t *r)
+{
+	return atomic_sub_return(i, &r->refs) == 0;
+}
+
+static inline void refcount_sub(unsigned int i, refcount_t *r)
+{
+	atomic_sub(i, &r->refs);
+}
+
+static inline __must_check bool refcount_dec_and_test(refcount_t *r)
+{
+	return atomic_dec_return(&r->refs) == 0;
+}
+
+static inline void refcount_dec(refcount_t *r)
+{
+	atomic_dec(&r->refs);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL */
 
 extern __must_check bool refcount_dec_if_one(refcount_t *r);
 extern __must_check bool refcount_dec_not_one(refcount_t *r);
diff --git a/lib/refcount.c b/lib/refcount.c
index 9f906783987e..5d0582a9480c 100644
--- a/lib/refcount.c
+++ b/lib/refcount.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <linux/bug.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL
+
 /**
  * refcount_add_not_zero - add a value to a refcount unless it is 0
  * @i: the value to add to the refcount
@@ -225,6 +227,7 @@ void refcount_dec(refcount_t *r)
 	WARN_ONCE(refcount_dec_and_test(r), "refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory.\n");
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(refcount_dec);
+#endif /* CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL */
 
 /**
  * refcount_dec_if_one - decrement a refcount if it is 1
-- 
2.7.4

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