linux-kernel - [PATCH] time: adjtimex: validate the ADJ

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed,  3 Dec 2014 19:25:05 -0500
From:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH] time: adjtimex: validate the ADJ_FREQUENCY case

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

Unverified values can cause overflows later on.

Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
---
 kernel/time/ntp.c |    9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index 87a346f..54828cf 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -633,6 +633,15 @@ int ntp_validate_timex(struct timex *txc)
 	if ((txc->modes & ADJ_SETOFFSET) && (!capable(CAP_SYS_TIME)))
 		return -EPERM;
 
+	if (txc->modes & ADJ_FREQUENCY) {
+		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_TIME))
+			return -EPERM;
+		if (txc->freq < 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (LONG_MAX / PPM_SCALE < txc->freq)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.10.4

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/