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commit db3fadacaf0c817b222090290d06ca2a338422d0 upstream. In some potential instances the reference count on struct packet_sock could be saturated and cause overflows which gets the kernel a bit confused. To prevent this, move to a 64-bit atomic reference count on 64-bit architectures to prevent the possibility of this type to overflow. Because we can not handle saturation, using refcount_t is not possible in this place. Maybe someday in the future if it changes it could be used. Also, instead of using plain atomic64_t, use atomic_long_t instead. 32-bit machines tend to be memory-limited (i.e. anything that increases a reference uses so much memory that you can't actually get to 2**32 references). 32-bit architectures also tend to have serious problems with 64-bit atomics. Hence, atomic_long_t is the more natural solution. Reported-by: "The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)" <security@ncsc.gov.uk> Co-developed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: stable@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231201131021.19999-1-daniel@iogearbox.net Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.