On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 03:09:39PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > +static __always_inline void refcount_inc(refcount_t *r) > +{ > + asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "incl %0\n\t" > + REFCOUNT_CHECK_OVERFLOW(4) > + : [counter] "+m" (r->refs.counter) > + : : "cc", "cx"); > +} > + > +static __always_inline void refcount_dec(refcount_t *r) > +{ > + asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "decl %0\n\t" > + REFCOUNT_CHECK_UNDERFLOW(4) > + : [counter] "+m" (r->refs.counter) > + : : "cc", "cx"); > +} > +dotraplinkage void do_refcount_error(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code) > +{ > + const char *str = NULL; > + > + BUG_ON(!(regs->flags & X86_EFLAGS_OF)); > + > +#define range_check(size, direction, type, value) \ > + if ((unsigned long)__##size##_##direction##_start <= regs->ip && \ > + regs->ip < (unsigned long)__##size##_##direction##_end) { \ > + *(type *)regs->cx = value; \ > + str = #size " " #direction; \ > + } > + > + range_check(refcount, overflow, int, INT_MAX) > + range_check(refcount, underflow, int, INT_MIN) > + > +#undef range_check > + > + BUG_ON(!str); > + do_error_trap(regs, error_code, (char *)str, X86_REFCOUNT_VECTOR, > + SIGILL); > +} > +#endif So what avoids this: CPU0 CPU1 lock inc %[val]; # 0x7fffffff jo 2f 1: ... lock dec %[val]; # 0x80000000 jo 2f 1: ... 2: mov $0x7fffffff, %[val] jmp 1b 2: mov $0x80000000, %[val] jmp 1b ~~~~//~~~~ lock inc %val; #0x80000000 .... lock inc %val; 0xffffffff lock inc %val; 0x00000000