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-rw-r--r--kernel/time/itimer.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/itimer.c b/kernel/time/itimer.c
index 9dd7ff5e445a..2ef98a02376a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/itimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/itimer.c
@@ -152,8 +152,12 @@ static void set_cpu_itimer(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int clock_id,
u64 oval, nval, ointerval, ninterval;
struct cpu_itimer *it = &tsk->signal->it[clock_id];
- nval = timeval_to_ns(&value->it_value);
- ninterval = timeval_to_ns(&value->it_interval);
+ /*
+ * Use the to_ktime conversion because that clamps the maximum
+ * value to KTIME_MAX and avoid multiplication overflows.
+ */
+ nval = ktime_to_ns(timeval_to_ktime(value->it_value));
+ ninterval = ktime_to_ns(timeval_to_ktime(value->it_interval));
spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);