linux-kernel - [PATCH] rtc: fix overflow and incorrect calculation in rtc_time64_to

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Message-Id: <1449187944-11730-1-git-send-email-sasha.levin@oracle.com>
Date:	Thu,  3 Dec 2015 19:12:24 -0500
From:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
To:	a.zummo@...ertech.it, alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com
Cc:	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] rtc: fix overflow and incorrect calculation in rtc_time64_to_tm

At some point after humans go extinct and robots cotrol the world, dividing
he time64_t by 86400 to extract the days will overflow a 32bit integer,
leading to incorrect conversion into rtc_time in rtc_time64_to_tm().

Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
---
 drivers/rtc/rtc-lib.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-lib.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-lib.c
index e6bfb9c..459cd4d 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-lib.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-lib.c
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ void rtc_time64_to_tm(time64_t time, struct rtc_time *tm)
 {
 	unsigned int month, year;
 	unsigned long secs;
-	int days;
+	time64_t days;
 
 	/* time must be positive */
 	days = div_s64(time, 86400);
-	secs = time - (unsigned int) days * 86400;
+	secs = time - days * 86400;
 
 	/* day of the week, 1970-01-01 was a Thursday */
 	tm->tm_wday = (days + 4) % 7;
-- 
1.7.10.4

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