3.2.68-rc1 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>
[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;
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