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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.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Sasha Levin 10 years ago
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      kernel/time/time.c

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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) {