linux-kernel - Re: linux-next boot error: general protection fault in __x64_sys

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Message-ID: <CAK8P3a2BX==aF7LezgxxtPbRX=GY09Bug+jPH+qL5kam13mjmg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 14 Nov 2019 14:51:20 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        syzbot <syzbot+dccce9b26ba09ca49966@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        syzkaller-bugs <syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com>,
        "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
        kasan-dev <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next boot error: general protection fault in __x64_sys_settimeofday

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 2:39 PM Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 2:38 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 2:28 PM Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 2:22 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 1:43 PM Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 1:42 PM Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com> wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 1:35 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Thu, 14 Nov 2019, syzbot wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > From the full console output:
> > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Urgently need +Jann's patch to better explain these things!
> > > > >
> > > > > +Arnd, this does not look right:
> > > > >
> > > > > commit adde74306a4b05c04dc51f31a08240faf6e97aa9
> > > > > Author: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> > > > > Date:   Wed Aug 15 20:04:11 2018 +0200
> > > > >
> > > > >     y2038: time: avoid timespec usage in settimeofday()
> > > > > ...
> > > > >
> > > > > -               if (!timeval_valid(&user_tv))
> > > > > +               if (tv->tv_usec > USEC_PER_SEC)
> > > > >                         return -EINVAL;
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the report!
> > > >
> > > > I was checking the wrong variable, fixed now,
> > > > should push it out to my y2038 branch in a bit.
> > > >
> > > >       Arnd
> > >
> > >
> > > This part from the original reporter was lost along the way:
> > >
> > > IMPORTANT: if you fix the bug, please add the following tag to the commit:
> > > Reported-by: syzbot+dccce9b26ba09ca49966@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> > >
> > > https://github.com/google/syzkaller/blob/master/docs/syzbot.md#rebuilt-treesamended-patches
>
> /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
> this

Ok, got it. Now pushed out with a

Tested-by: syzbot+dccce9b26ba09ca49966@...kaller.appspotmail.com

     Arnd