3.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 5e5aeb4367b450a28f447f6d5ab57d8f2ab16a5f upstream.
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>
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>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/time/ntp.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -631,6 +631,13 @@ int ntp_validate_timex(struct timex *txc
if ((txc->modes & ADJ_SETOFFSET) && (!capable(CAP_SYS_TIME)))
return -EPERM;
+ if (txc->modes & ADJ_FREQUENCY) {
+ if (LONG_MIN / PPM_SCALE > txc->freq)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (LONG_MAX / PPM_SCALE < txc->freq)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
return 0;
}
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