Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Jan 2015 10:28:55 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] time: adjtimex: Validate the ADJ_FREQUENCY values |
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On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 10:12:20AM -0800, John Stultz wrote: > 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(+)
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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.
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