3.8.13.25 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 0819b2e30ccb93edf04876237b6205eef84ec8d2 upstream. Vince reported that using a large sample_period (one with bit 63 set) results in wreckage since while the sample_period is fundamentally unsigned (negative periods don't make sense) the way we implement things very much rely on signed logic. So limit sample_period to 63 bits to avoid tripping over this. Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-p25fhunibl4y3qi0zuqmyf4b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/events/core.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 21b70df..8472f66 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -6490,6 +6490,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open, if (attr.freq) { if (attr.sample_freq > sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate) return -EINVAL; + } else { + if (attr.sample_period & (1ULL << 63)) + return -EINVAL; } /* -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html