[PATCH] lib/vdso: use CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE for time()

From: Mark Salyzyn
Date: Thu Jun 11 2020 - 11:58:20 EST


From: Chiawei Wang <chiaweiwang@xxxxxxxxxx>

CLOCK_REALTIME in vdso data won't be updated if
__arch_use_vsyscall() returns false. It will let time()
return an incorrect time value. Since time() is designed
to return the seconds since the Epoch, using
CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE can still fulfill the request and
never fails.

Signed-off-by: Chiawei Wang <chiaweiwang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.4+
---
lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c b/lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c
index a2909af4b924..7ea22096cbe2 100644
--- a/lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c
+++ b/lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ __cvdso_time_data(const struct vdso_data *vd, __kernel_old_time_t *time)
vd->clock_mode == VDSO_CLOCKMODE_TIMENS)
vd = __arch_get_timens_vdso_data();

- t = READ_ONCE(vd[CS_HRES_COARSE].basetime[CLOCK_REALTIME].sec);
+ t = READ_ONCE(vd[CS_HRES_COARSE].basetime[CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE].sec);

if (time)
*time = t;
--
2.27.0.278.ge193c7cf3a9-goog