linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] time: verify time values in adjtimex ADJ

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Date:	Sun, 6 Dec 2015 23:11:49 +0100
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>, john.stultz@...aro.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] time: verify time values in adjtimex ADJ_SETOFFSET to
 avoid overflow

On Sun, Dec 06, 2015 at 10:07:01AM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Dec 2015, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > On 12/05/2015 12:10 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > That's not a canonical timeval. timeval_valid() is what you want to
> > > check it. Or has adjtimex some magic exception here?

You can't use timeval_valid for ADJ_SETOFFSET, because the seconds
field can also be negative (when setting the time back).

> > Nope, it looks like timeval_valid() is indeed what I've needed to use.
> > 
> > Is there a reason ntp_validate_timex() doesn't do timeval_valid() too
> > for at least the ADJ_SETOFFSET case? If not, I'll add it in.

So you should not use timeval_valid, and the original patch is also
not right.  The rule is:

	The value of a timeval is the sum of its fields, but the
	field tv_usec must always be non-negative.

We had a discussion about this a year or two ago.  Maybe I can find it
again.

The overflow is a latent problem, and the patch should:

1. return error in case (txc->time.tv_usec >= USEC_PER_SEC)
2. remove the redundant test in timekeeping_inject_offset.

Thanks,
Richard


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