Re: linux-next boot error: general protection fault in __x64_sys_settimeofday

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Thu Nov 14 2019 - 08:51:40 EST


On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 2:39 PM Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 2:38 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 2:28 PM Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 2:22 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 1:43 PM Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 1:42 PM Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 1:35 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Thu, 14 Nov 2019, syzbot wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > From the full console output:
> > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Urgently need +Jann's patch to better explain these things!
> > > > >
> > > > > +Arnd, this does not look right:
> > > > >
> > > > > commit adde74306a4b05c04dc51f31a08240faf6e97aa9
> > > > > Author: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Date: Wed Aug 15 20:04:11 2018 +0200
> > > > >
> > > > > y2038: time: avoid timespec usage in settimeofday()
> > > > > ...
> > > > >
> > > > > - if (!timeval_valid(&user_tv))
> > > > > + if (tv->tv_usec > USEC_PER_SEC)
> > > > > return -EINVAL;
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the report!
> > > >
> > > > I was checking the wrong variable, fixed now,
> > > > should push it out to my y2038 branch in a bit.
> > > >
> > > > Arnd
> > >
> > >
> > > This part from the original reporter was lost along the way:
> > >
> > > IMPORTANT: if you fix the bug, please add the following tag to the commit:
> > > Reported-by: syzbot+dccce9b26ba09ca49966@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > https://github.com/google/syzkaller/blob/master/docs/syzbot.md#rebuilt-treesamended-patches
>
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> this

Ok, got it. Now pushed out with a

Tested-by: syzbot+dccce9b26ba09ca49966@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Arnd