Re: [PATCH resend] rtc: Fix alarm rollover when day or month isout-of-range

[Alessandro Zummo]

On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:35:52 -0600
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:41:56 +0100
> 
> Commit f44f7f96a20a ('RTC: Initialize kernel state from RTC')
> introduced a potential infinite loop.  If an alarm time contains a
> wildcard month and an invalid day (> 31), or a wildcard year and an
> invalid month (>= 12), the loop searching for the next matching date
> will never terminate.  Treat the invalid values as wildcards.
> 
> Fixes <http://bugs.debian.org/646429>, <http://bugs.debian.org/653331>
> 
> Reported-by: leo weppelman <leoweppelman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: "P. van Gaans" <mailme667@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx>


 Seems reasonable, ty.


 Acked-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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 Best regards,

 Alessandro Zummo,
  Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy

  http://www.towertech.it

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