On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 10:12:19AM -0800, John Stultz wrote: >> From: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> An unvalidated user input is multiplied by a constant, which can result in >> an undefined behaviour for large values. While this is validated later, >> we should avoid triggering undefined behaviour. >> >> 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: include trivial milisecond->microsecond correction noticed >> by Andy] >> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> include/linux/time.h | 13 +++++++++++++ >> kernel/time/time.c | 4 ++++ >> 2 files changed, 17 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> Hrm. I'm not quite sure which rule I'm running afoul here. Does this seem too much like a theoretical issue and not like enough of a "oh, that's not good" issue? thanks -john -- 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