[PATCH 1/1] setitimer : Return -EFAULT if the user pointer "value" is NULL

[Sasikantha babu <sasikanth.v19@gmail.com>]

Added WARN_ONCE() in the else path and schedule the removal of this "feature" for v3.6

Signed-off-by: Sasikantha babu <sasikanth.v19@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt |    9 +++++++++
 kernel/itimer.c                            |    5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index d5dc80f..d943987 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -535,3 +535,12 @@ Why:	This driver provides support for USB storage devices like "USB
         (CONFIG_USB_STORAGE) which only drawback is the additional SCSI
         stack.
 Who:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What:	setitimer accepts user's NULL pointer - interval timer pointer 
+When:	3.6
+Why:	setitimer is not returning -EFAULT if user point is NULL. If user passes
+	"struct itimerval *value" as NULL instead of returning -EFAULT it 
+	sets value of an interval timer to 0 secs and 0 micro secs.
+Who:	Sasikantha Babu <sasikanth.v19@gmail.com>
diff --git a/kernel/itimer.c b/kernel/itimer.c
index 22000c3..10f3cfb 100644
--- a/kernel/itimer.c
+++ b/kernel/itimer.c
@@ -284,8 +284,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(setitimer, int, which, struct itimerval __user *, value,
 	if (value) {
 		if(copy_from_user(&set_buffer, value, sizeof(set_buffer)))
 			return -EFAULT;
-	} else
+	} else {
 		memset((char *) &set_buffer, 0, sizeof(set_buffer));
+		WARN_ONCE (!value, "setitimer: Support for handling NULL user pointer "
+				    " will be removed");
+	}
 
 	error = do_setitimer(which, &set_buffer, ovalue ? &get_buffer : NULL);
 	if (error || !ovalue)
-- 
1.7.3.4