[PATCH net 2/2] selftests: ptp: add a regression test for the frequency adjustment overflow

From: Deep Shah

Date: Sun Jul 12 2026 - 00:13:03 EST


testptp's -f option stores the requested adjustment as an int ppb and
converts it to scaled ppm, so it cannot express the 64-bit scaled-ppm
values needed to overflow scaled_ppm_to_ppb() and bypass the max_adj
check enforced by ptp_clock_adjtime().

Add a small test that crafts struct timex.freq directly and verifies that
an overflowing frequency adjustment is rejected with -ERANGE. The test
skips when no frequency-adjustable PTP device is available.

Signed-off-by: Deep Shah <deepshah146@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/ptp/Makefile | 2 +-
.../testing/selftests/ptp/ptp_freq_overflow.c | 74 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ptp/ptp_freq_overflow.c

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ptp/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/ptp/Makefile
index 8f57f88ecadd..dd7376cc9bf5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ptp/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ptp/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
CFLAGS += $(KHDR_INCLUDES)
-TEST_GEN_PROGS := testptp
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := testptp ptp_freq_overflow
LDLIBS += -lrt
TEST_PROGS = phc.sh

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ptp/ptp_freq_overflow.c b/tools/testing/selftests/ptp/ptp_freq_overflow.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..342b22689f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ptp/ptp_freq_overflow.c
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Regression test for the scaled_ppm_to_ppb() integer overflow that allowed
+ * a crafted clock_adjtime(ADJ_FREQUENCY) to bypass the PTP max_adj check.
+ *
+ * testptp's -f option stores the adjustment as an int ppb and cannot express
+ * the 64-bit scaled-ppm values needed to overflow the conversion, so this
+ * test crafts struct timex.freq directly.
+ */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#define __SANE_USERSPACE_TYPES__
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/timex.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/ptp_clock.h>
+#include "../kselftest.h"
+
+#define FD_TO_CLOCKID(fd) ((~(clockid_t)(fd) << 3) | 3)
+
+/* clock_adjtime is not available in GLIBC < 2.14 */
+#if !__GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 14)
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+static int clock_adjtime(clockid_t id, struct timex *tx)
+{
+ return syscall(__NR_clock_adjtime, id, tx);
+}
+#endif
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ const char *device = argc > 1 ? argv[1] : "/dev/ptp0";
+ struct ptp_clock_caps caps;
+ struct timex tx = { 0 };
+ clockid_t clkid;
+ int fd, ret;
+
+ ksft_print_header();
+ ksft_set_plan(1);
+
+ if (sizeof(tx.freq) < 8)
+ ksft_exit_skip("the overflow only affects 64-bit kernels\n");
+
+ fd = open(device, O_RDWR);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ ksft_exit_skip("cannot open %s: %s\n", device, strerror(errno));
+
+ clkid = FD_TO_CLOCKID(fd);
+
+ if (ioctl(fd, PTP_CLOCK_GETCAPS, &caps))
+ ksft_exit_skip("PTP_CLOCK_GETCAPS on %s: %s\n", device, strerror(errno));
+ if (!caps.max_adj)
+ ksft_exit_skip("%s does not support frequency adjustment\n", device);
+
+ /*
+ * (1 + 147573952589676412) * 125 == 2^64 + 9, which overflows s64 in
+ * scaled_ppm_to_ppb() and wraps the result to a ppb of 0. A kernel
+ * that does not detect the overflow lets this absurd frequency past
+ * the max_adj check; a fixed kernel rejects it with -ERANGE.
+ */
+ tx.modes = ADJ_FREQUENCY;
+ tx.freq = 147573952589676412LL;
+
+ ret = clock_adjtime(clkid, &tx);
+ ksft_test_result(ret < 0 && errno == ERANGE,
+ "overflowing frequency adjustment is rejected (ret=%d errno=%d)\n",
+ ret, ret < 0 ? errno : 0);
+
+ close(fd);
+ ksft_finished();
+}
--
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