linux-kernel - [PATCH] time: make sure tz_minuteswest is set to a valid value when setting time

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Date:	Mon,  1 Dec 2014 23:04:06 -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: make sure tz_minuteswest is set to a valid value when setting time

Invalid values may overflow later, leading to undefined behaviour when
multiplied by 60 to get the amount of seconds.

Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
---
 kernel/time/time.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/time/time.c b/kernel/time/time.c
index 7399a73..9ec4fa5 100644
--- a/kernel/time/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time/time.c
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ int do_sys_settimeofday(const struct timespec *tv, const struct timezone *tz)
 		return error;
 
 	if (tz) {
+		/* Verify we're witin the +-15 hrs range */
+		if (tz->tz_minuteswest > 15*60 || tz->tz_minuteswest < -15*60)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		sys_tz = *tz;
 		update_vsyscall_tz();
 		if (firsttime) {
-- 
1.7.10.4

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