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    posix-cpu-timers: Make timespec to nsec conversion safe · 098b0e01
    Thomas Gleixner authored
    The expiry time of a posix cpu timer is supplied through sys_timer_set()
    via a struct timespec. The timespec is validated for correctness.
    
    In the actual set timer implementation the timespec is converted to a
    scalar nanoseconds value. If the tv_sec part of the time spec is large
    enough the conversion to nanoseconds (sec * NSEC_PER_SEC) overflows 64bit.
    
    Mitigate that by using the timespec_to_ktime() conversion function, which
    checks the tv_sec part for a potential mult overflow and clamps the result
    to KTIME_MAX, which is about 292 years. 
    Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@huawei.com>
    Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170620154113.588276707@linutronix.de
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