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Re: [PATCH] time: verify time values in adjtimex ADJ_SETOFFSET to avoid overflow

From Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] time: verify time values in adjtimex ADJ_SETOFFSET to avoid overflow
Date 2015-12-05 18:20 +0100
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On Thu, 3 Dec 2015, Sasha Levin wrote:

> Make sure the tv_usec makes sense. We might multiply them later which can
> cause an overflow and undefined behavior.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
> ---
>  kernel/time/timekeeping.c |    4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
> index d563c19..aa3c1c2 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
> @@ -1987,6 +1987,10 @@ int do_adjtimex(struct timex *txc)
>  
>  	if (txc->modes & ADJ_SETOFFSET) {
>  		struct timespec delta;
> +
> +		if (txc->time.tv_usec >= USEC_PER_SEC || txc->time.tv_usec <= -USEC_PER_SEC)
> +			return -EINVAL;

That's not a canonical timeval. timeval_valid() is what you want to
check it. Or has adjtimex some magic exception here?

Thanks,

	tglx
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[PATCH] time: verify time values in adjtimex ADJ_SETOFFSET to avoid overflow Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com> - 2015-12-04 04:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] time: verify time values in adjtimex ADJ_SETOFFSET to  avoid overflow John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2015-12-04 21:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] time: verify time values in adjtimex ADJ_SETOFFSET to  avoid overflow Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2015-12-05 18:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] time: verify time values in adjtimex ADJ_SETOFFSET to  avoid overflow Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com> - 2015-12-06 01:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] time: verify time values in adjtimex ADJ_SETOFFSET to  avoid overflow Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2015-12-06 10:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] time: verify time values in adjtimex ADJ_SETOFFSET to  avoid overflow Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> - 2015-12-06 23:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] time: verify time values in adjtimex ADJ_SETOFFSET to  avoid overflow John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2015-12-07 21:00 +0100
            Re: [RFC][PATCH -reworked] time: Verify time values in adjtimex  ADJ_SETOFFSET to avoid overflow John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2015-12-07 21:20 +0100
              Re: [RFC][PATCH -reworked] time: Verify time values in adjtimex  ADJ_SETOFFSET to avoid overflow Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2015-12-07 21:20 +0100
            [RFC][PATCH -reworked] time: Verify time values in adjtimex ADJ_SETOFFSET to avoid overflow John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2015-12-07 21:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] time: verify time values in adjtimex ADJ_SETOFFSET to  avoid overflow Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2015-12-07 21:20 +0100
              Re: [PATCH] time: verify time values in adjtimex ADJ_SETOFFSET to  avoid overflow John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2015-12-07 21:20 +0100
              Re: [PATCH] time: verify time values in adjtimex ADJ_SETOFFSET to  avoid overflow John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2015-12-07 21:30 +0100

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