Ian Abbott
2e394bcfdc
commit b4d98bc3fc upstream.
In `dt3k_ns_to_timer()` the following lines near the end of the function
result in a signed integer overflow:
prescale = 15;
base = timer_base * (1 << prescale);
divider = 65535;
*nanosec = divider * base;
(`divider`, `base` and `prescale` are type `int`, `timer_base` and
`*nanosec` are type `unsigned int`. The value of `timer_base` will be
either 50 or 100.)
The main reason for the overflow is that the calculation for `base` is
completely wrong. It should be:
base = timer_base * (prescale + 1);
which matches an earlier instance of this calculation in the same
function.
Reported-by: David Binderman <dcb314@hotmail.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190812111517.26803-1-abbotti@mev.co.uk
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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