From: Vasily Averin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 09:23:14 +0400
> sys_setsockopt() do not check properly timeout values for > SO_RCVTIMEO/SO_SNDTIMEO, for example it's possible to set negative timeout > values. POSIX do not defines behaviour for sys_setsockopt in case negative > timeouts, but requires that setsockopt() shall fail with -EDOM if the send and > receive timeout values are too big to fit into the timeout fields in the > socket > structure. > In current implementation negative timeout can lead to error messages like > "schedule_timeout: wrong timeout value". > > Proposed patch: > - checks tv_usec and returns -EDOM if it is wrong > - do not allows to set negative timeout values (sets 0 instead) and outputs > ratelimited information message about such attempts. > > Signed-Off-By: Vasily Averin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thank you for this bug fix, patch applied. - 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/
