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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] time: settimeofday: Validate the values of tv from user
On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 10:12:19AM -0800, John Stultz wrote:
> From: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
>
> 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@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: include trivial milisecond->microsecond correction noticed
> by Andy]
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
> ---
> 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>


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