On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 11:02:01AM -0800, John Stultz wrote: > 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? No, crap, my fault, I messed up on these, you are doing this just fine, I'm not awake this morning... /me goes off to get more coffee. greg k-h -- 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