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Subject[PATCH 2/2] time: adjtimex: Validate the ADJ_FREQUENCY values
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From: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>

Verify that the frequency value from userspace is valid and makes sense.

Unverified values can cause overflows later on.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
[jstultz: Fix up bug for negative values and drop redunent cap check]
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
---
kernel/time/ntp.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index 87a346f..28bf91c 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -633,6 +633,13 @@ 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;
}

--
1.9.1


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