On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 01:46:53AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > 3.2.67-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > John reported a regression with this commit [1]. A fix seems to be already available, but since it hasn't been accepted into mainline yet I haven't picked this patch for the 3.16 kernel. [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2015-February/053981.html Cheers, -- Luís > ------------------ > > 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> > [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context] > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > kernel/time/ntp.c | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > --- a/kernel/time/ntp.c > +++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c > @@ -608,6 +608,13 @@ int do_adjtimex(struct timex *txc) > return -EINVAL; > } > > + if (txc->modes & ADJ_FREQUENCY) { > + if (LONG_MIN / PPM_SCALE > txc->freq) > + return -EINVAL; > + if (LONG_MAX / PPM_SCALE < txc->freq) > + return -EINVAL; > + } > + > if (txc->modes & ADJ_SETOFFSET) { > struct timespec delta; > delta.tv_sec = txc->time.tv_sec; > > -- > 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 -- 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