Re: How is Code in do_sys_settimeofday() safe in case of SMP and Nest Kernel Path?

[Pavel Machek]

On Sat 30-09-06 17:03:45, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> > Did you get to the bottom of this yet? It looks like you're right,
> > and I suggest a seqlock might be a good option.
> 
> It basically doesn't matter because nobody changes the time zone after boot.

Attacker might; in a tight loop, to confuse time-of-day subsystem, or
maybe oops the kernel.
							Pavel

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