On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 10:12:19AM -0800, John Stultz wrote: >> From: Sasha Levin <[email protected]> >> >> An unvalidated user input is multiplied by a constant, which can result in >> an undefined behaviour for large values. While this is validated later, >> we should avoid triggering undefined behaviour. >> >> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> >> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> >> Cc: stable <[email protected]> >> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> >> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]> >> [jstultz: include trivial milisecond->microsecond correction noticed >> by Andy] >> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <[email protected]> >> --- >> include/linux/time.h | 13 +++++++++++++ >> kernel/time/time.c | 4 ++++ >> 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+) > > <formletter> > > This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the > stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt > for how to do this properly. > > </formletter>
Hrm. I'm not quite sure which rule I'm running afoul here. Does this seem too much like a theoretical issue and not like enough of a "oh, that's not good" issue? thanks -john -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
