[PATCH v2 1/9] time: Respect COMPAT_32BIT_TIME for old time type functions
From: Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
Date: 2026-06-30 07:38:39
Also in:
linux-arm-kernel, linux-mips, linuxppc-dev, lkml, sparclinux
Subsystem:
abi/api, the rest, timekeeping, clocksource core, ntp, alarmtimer · Maintainers:
Linus Torvalds, John Stultz, Thomas Gleixner
The "old" time types use 32-bit seconds which are not y2038-safe. Respect COMPAT_32BIT_TIME for functions using those types. time(), stime() and gettimeofday() are disabled completely. settimeofday() is kept as it is required to do the initial timewarping after boot. However the 'tv' argument will be rejected. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/e9487ebe-3730-438a-9c23-e45f75986ecc@app.fastmail.com/ (local) Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <redacted> --- kernel/sys_ni.c | 4 ++++ kernel/time/time.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
index add3032da16f..c8be0abaa407 100644
--- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
+++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c@@ -351,6 +351,10 @@ COND_SYSCALL(ppoll_time32); COND_SYSCALL_COMPAT(ppoll_time32); COND_SYSCALL(utimensat_time32); COND_SYSCALL(clock_adjtime32); +COND_SYSCALL(gettimeofday); +COND_SYSCALL_COMPAT(gettimeofday); +COND_SYSCALL(time); +COND_SYSCALL(stime); /* * The syscalls below are not found in include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
diff --git a/kernel/time/time.c b/kernel/time/time.c
index 0dd63a91e7c5..0b7aa432bc76 100644
--- a/kernel/time/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time/time.c@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ #include <generated/timeconst.h> #include "timekeeping.h" +#if defined(CONFIG_64BIT) || defined(CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME) +#define __WANT_OLD_TIME_TYPE_SYSCALL 1 +#endif + +static_assert(sizeof(__kernel_old_time_t) == 8 ? IS_ENABLED(__WANT_OLD_TIME_TYPE_SYSCALL) : true); + /* * The timezone where the local system is located. Used as a default by some * programs who obtain this value by using gettimeofday.
@@ -51,7 +57,7 @@ struct timezone sys_tz; EXPORT_SYMBOL(sys_tz); -#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME +#if defined(__ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME) && defined(__WANT_OLD_TIME_TYPE_SYSCALL) /* * sys_time() can be implemented in user-level using
@@ -96,7 +102,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(stime, __kernel_old_time_t __user *, tptr) return 0; } -#endif /* __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME */ +#endif /* __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME && __WANT_OLD_TIME_TYPE_SYSCALL */ #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME32
@@ -137,6 +143,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(stime32, old_time32_t __user *, tptr) #endif /* __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME32 */ #endif +#ifdef __WANT_OLD_TIME_TYPE_SYSCALL SYSCALL_DEFINE2(gettimeofday, struct __kernel_old_timeval __user *, tv, struct timezone __user *, tz) {
@@ -154,6 +161,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(gettimeofday, struct __kernel_old_timeval __user *, tv, } return 0; } +#endif /* __WANT_OLD_TIME_TYPE_SYSCALL */ /* * In case for some reason the CMOS clock has not already been running
@@ -203,6 +211,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(settimeofday, struct __kernel_old_timeval __user *, tv, struct timezone new_tz; if (tv) { + if (!IS_ENABLED(__WANT_OLD_TIME_TYPE_SYSCALL)) + return -EINVAL; + if (get_user(new_ts.tv_sec, &tv->tv_sec) || get_user(new_ts.tv_nsec, &tv->tv_usec)) return -EFAULT;
@@ -220,7 +231,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(settimeofday, struct __kernel_old_timeval __user *, tv, return do_sys_settimeofday64(tv ? &new_ts : NULL, tz ? &new_tz : NULL); } -#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(gettimeofday, struct old_timeval32 __user *, tv, struct timezone __user *, tz) {
@@ -239,7 +250,9 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(gettimeofday, struct old_timeval32 __user *, tv, return 0; } +#endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME */ +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(settimeofday, struct old_timeval32 __user *, tv, struct timezone __user *, tz) {
@@ -247,6 +260,9 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(settimeofday, struct old_timeval32 __user *, tv, struct timezone new_tz; if (tv) { + if (!IS_ENABLED(__WANT_OLD_TIME_TYPE_SYSCALL)) + return -EINVAL; + if (get_user(new_ts.tv_sec, &tv->tv_sec) || get_user(new_ts.tv_nsec, &tv->tv_usec)) return -EFAULT;
@@ -263,7 +279,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(settimeofday, struct old_timeval32 __user *, tv, return do_sys_settimeofday64(tv ? &new_ts : NULL, tz ? &new_tz : NULL); } -#endif +#endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT */ #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT SYSCALL_DEFINE1(adjtimex, struct __kernel_timex __user *, txc_p)
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