On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 10:12:20AM -0800, John Stultz wrote: > From: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Verify that the frequency value from userspace is valid and makes sense. > > Unverified values can cause overflows later on. > > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx> > [jstultz: Fix up bug for negative values and drop redunent cap check] > Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > kernel/time/ntp.c | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) <formletter> This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to do this properly. </formletter> -- 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