Fix: handle reference count overflow
authorMathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Tue, 19 Jan 2016 20:23:01 +0000 (15:23 -0500)
committerMathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Tue, 19 Jan 2016 20:30:15 +0000 (15:30 -0500)
commit440b950d42ae60cf1ed229c6485fb54ffaa1712e
tree0021b57894045584f02a92db17acaff4fd18a44f
parent4f34ad79588c2bc66f2d76359e5618af0b27a8aa
Fix: handle reference count overflow

The urcu refcounting API features a look and feel similar to the Linux
kernel reference counting API, which has been the subject of
CVE-2016-0728 (use-after-free). Therefore, improve the urcu refcounting
API by dealing with reference counting overflow.

For urcu_ref_get(), handle this by comparing the prior value with
LONG_MAX before updating it with a cmpxchg. When an overflow would
occur, trigger a abort() rather than allowing the overflow (which is a
use-after-free security concern).

For urcu_ref_get_unless_zero(), in addition to compare the prior value
to 0, also compare it to LONG_MAX, and return failure (false) in both
cases.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
urcu/ref.h
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