Due to an unsigned cast, adjtimex() returns the wrong offest when using
ADJ_MICRO and the offset is negative. In this case a small negative offset
returns approximately 4.29 seconds (~ 2^32/1000 milliseconds) due to the
unsigned cast of the negative offset.
This cast was added when the kernel internal struct timex was changed to
use type long long for the time offset value to address the problem of a
64bit/32bit division on 32bit systems.
The correct cast would have been (s32), which is correct as time_offset can
only be in the range of [INT_MIN..INT_MAX] because the shift constant used
for calculating it is 32. But that's non-obvious.
Remove the cast and use div_s64() to cure the issue.
[ tglx: Fix white space damage, use div_s64() and amend the change log ]
Fixes: ead25417f8 ("timex: use __kernel_timex internally")
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Dalmas <marcelo.dalmas@ge.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/SJ0P101MB03687BF7D5A10FD3C49C51E5F42E2@SJ0P101MB0368.NAMP101.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM
sync_hw_clock() is normally called every 11 minutes when time is
synchronized. This issue is that this periodic timer uses the REALTIME
clock, so when time moves backwards (the NTP server jumps into the past),
the timer expires late.
If the timer expires late, which can be days later, the RTC will no longer
be updated, which is an issue if the device is abruptly powered OFF during
this period. When the device will restart (when powered ON), it will have
the date prior to the ADJ_SETOFFSET call.
A normal NTP server should not jump in the past like that, but it is
possible... Another way of reproducing this issue is to use phc2sys to
synchronize the REALTIME clock with, for example, an IRIG timecode with
the source always starting at the same date (not synchronized).
Also, if the time jump in the future by less than 11 minutes, the RTC may
not be updated immediately (minor issue). Consider the following scenario:
- Time is synchronized, and sync_hw_clock() was just called (the timer
expires in 11 minutes).
- A time jump is realized in the future by a couple of minutes.
- The time is synchronized again.
- Users may expect that RTC to be updated as soon as possible, and not
after 11 minutes (for the same reason, if a power loss occurs in this
period).
Cancel periodic timer on any time jump (ADJ_SETOFFSET) greater than or
equal to 1s. The timer will be relaunched at the end of do_adjtimex() if
NTP is still considered synced. Otherwise the timer will be relaunched
later when NTP is synced. This way, when the time is synchronized again,
the RTC is updated after less than 2 seconds.
Signed-off-by: Benjamin ROBIN <dev@benjarobin.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240908140836.203911-1-dev@benjarobin.fr
Using syzkaller with the recently reintroduced signed integer overflow
sanitizer produces this UBSAN report:
UBSAN: signed-integer-overflow in ../kernel/time/ntp.c:738:18
9223372036854775806 + 4 cannot be represented in type 'long'
Call Trace:
handle_overflow+0x171/0x1b0
__do_adjtimex+0x1236/0x1440
do_adjtimex+0x2be/0x740
The user supplied time_constant value is incremented by four and then
clamped to the operating range.
Before commit eea83d896e ("ntp: NTP4 user space bits update") the user
supplied value was sanity checked to be in the operating range. That change
removed the sanity check and relied on clamping after incrementing which
does not work correctly when the user supplied value is in the overflow
zone of the '+ 4' operation.
The operation requires CAP_SYS_TIME and the side effect of the overflow is
NTP getting out of sync.
Similar to the fixups for time_maxerror and time_esterror, clamp the user
space supplied value to the operating range.
[ tglx: Switch to clamping ]
Fixes: eea83d896e ("ntp: NTP4 user space bits update")
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240517-b4-sio-ntp-c-v2-1-f3a80096f36f@google.com
Closes: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/352
Using syzkaller alongside the newly reintroduced signed integer overflow
sanitizer spits out this report:
UBSAN: signed-integer-overflow in ../kernel/time/ntp.c:461:16
9223372036854775807 + 500 cannot be represented in type 'long'
Call Trace:
handle_overflow+0x171/0x1b0
second_overflow+0x2d6/0x500
accumulate_nsecs_to_secs+0x60/0x160
timekeeping_advance+0x1fe/0x890
update_wall_time+0x10/0x30
time_maxerror is unconditionally incremented and the result is checked
against NTP_PHASE_LIMIT, but the increment itself can overflow, resulting
in wrap-around to negative space.
Before commit eea83d896e ("ntp: NTP4 user space bits update") the user
supplied value was sanity checked to be in the operating range. That change
removed the sanity check and relied on clamping in handle_overflow() which
does not work correctly when the user supplied value is in the overflow
zone of the '+ 500' operation.
The operation requires CAP_SYS_TIME and the side effect of the overflow is
NTP getting out of sync.
Miroslav confirmed that the input value should be clamped to the operating
range and the same applies to time_esterror. The latter is not used by the
kernel, but the value still should be in the operating range as it was
before the sanity check got removed.
Clamp them to the operating range.
[ tglx: Changed it to clamping and included time_esterror ]
Fixes: eea83d896e ("ntp: NTP4 user space bits update")
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240517-b4-sio-ntp-usec-v2-1-d539180f2b79@google.com
Closes: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/354
