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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-01-31 10:16:55 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-01-31 10:16:55 -0800
commit951069e311a2a931bf7c9d838db860f90bf14c45 (patch)
tree0aaeb29c496036983b4e894477f9d9f4881286e1 /security
parent3ee68c4af3fd7228c1be63254b9f884614f9ebb2 (diff)
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Don't try to "validate" a non-existing timeval.
settime() with a NULL timeval is silly but legal. Noticed by Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'security')
-rw-r--r--security/seclvl.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/security/seclvl.c b/security/seclvl.c
index 1caac0164643..8529ea6f7aa8 100644
--- a/security/seclvl.c
+++ b/security/seclvl.c
@@ -368,8 +368,8 @@ static int seclvl_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, int cap)
*/
static int seclvl_settime(struct timespec *tv, struct timezone *tz)
{
- struct timespec now;
- if (seclvl > 1) {
+ if (tv && seclvl > 1) {
+ struct timespec now;
now = current_kernel_time();
if (tv->tv_sec < now.tv_sec ||
(tv->tv_sec == now.tv_sec && tv->tv_nsec < now.tv_nsec)) {