[PATCH 2/2] linux: clock_settime: Return proper value when passing NULL pointer

[Alistair Francis]

On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 7:34 AM Lukasz Majewski <lukma@denx.de> wrote:
>
> When in __clock_settime function (__TIMESIZE != 64) the const struct
> timespec's *tp pointer is NULL, the Linux kernel syscall returns
> -EFAULT.
> Without this patch the glibc crashes (when dereferencing NULL pointer)
> as the Linux kernel syscall is not reached at all.
>
> There is no need for such check in the __clock_settime64, as this
> pointer either goes directly to Linux kernel or the pointer to local
> copy is used (ts64).

Reviewed-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>

Alistair

> ---
>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/clock_settime.c | 9 ++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/clock_settime.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/clock_settime.c
> index 6706dbb31f..e358a18998 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/clock_settime.c
> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/clock_settime.c
> @@ -51,7 +51,14 @@ __clock_settime64 (clockid_t clock_id, const struct __timespec64 *tp)
>  int
>  __clock_settime (clockid_t clock_id, const struct timespec *tp)
>  {
> -  struct __timespec64 ts64 = valid_timespec_to_timespec64 (*tp);
> +  struct __timespec64 ts64;
> +
> +  if (tp == NULL)
> +    {
> +      __set_errno (EFAULT);
> +      return -1;
> +    }
> +  ts64 = valid_timespec_to_timespec64 (*tp);
>
>    return __clock_settime64 (clock_id, &ts64);
>  }
> --
> 2.20.1
>