[PATCH] posix-cpu-timers: use u64 multiplication in update_rlimit_cpu()
From: Zhan Xusheng
Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 07:24:43 EST
update_rlimit_cpu() converts the RLIMIT_CPU value to nanoseconds with
u64 nsecs = rlim_new * NSEC_PER_SEC;
On 32-bit kernels both rlim_new (unsigned long) and NSEC_PER_SEC
(1000000000L) are 32-bit, so the multiplication is performed in
unsigned long and truncated for rlim_new > 4 before being widened to
u64.
The same file already casts to u64 for the matching computation in
check_process_timers():
u64 softns = (u64)soft * NSEC_PER_SEC;
As a result, the truncated value is installed into the CPUCLOCK_PROF
expiry cache (nextevt), causing the process CPU timer to be programmed
to fire prematurely for any RLIMIT_CPU soft limit >= 5 seconds. The
actual SIGXCPU/SIGKILL decision in check_process_timers() already casts
to u64 and is therefore correct, so limit enforcement is not broken;
only the expiry-cache programming is wrong. Apply the same cast here so
both paths convert rlim_cur identically.
64-bit kernels are unaffected.
Fixes: 858cf3a8c599 ("timers/itimer: Convert internal cputime_t units to nsec")
Signed-off-by: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 74775b94d11b..5e633d8750d1 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void posix_cputimers_group_init(struct posix_cputimers *pct, u64 cpu_limit)
*/
int update_rlimit_cpu(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long rlim_new)
{
- u64 nsecs = rlim_new * NSEC_PER_SEC;
+ u64 nsecs = (u64)rlim_new * NSEC_PER_SEC;
unsigned long irq_fl;
if (!lock_task_sighand(task, &irq_fl))
--
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