From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
4ncienth@gmail.com, shawnq1@163.com, jstultz@google.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6.18.y] timekeeping: Require permission to set auxiliary clocks
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 10:35:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tslpt4fi.ffs@fw13> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261107051357-failed-6.18-524d95c8a200@kernel.org>
From: Daehyeon Ko <4ncienth@gmail.com>
commit 524d95c8a2000cba6cb80a173d76cb746c561244 upstream.
The generic clock_settime() entry point delegates permission checks to
each clock-specific callback. aux_clock_set() does not perform one. Once
an administrator enables an auxiliary clock, any local process can
therefore change the global clock offset.
A test process running as UID and GID 65534 with no effective, permitted,
inheritable, or ambient capabilities set CLOCK_AUX0 successfully, and a
separate process observed the new value. The same process was denied by
clock_adjtime(). An AppArmor profile denying sys_time also blocked
CLOCK_REALTIME changes but did not see the auxiliary clock operation.
Call security_settime64() before mutating the auxiliary timekeeper. This
matches CLOCK_REALTIME's permission model, enforces initial-user-namespace
CAP_SYS_TIME, and gives LSMs the settime hook while preserving authorized
clock changes.
Fixes: 60ecc26ec5af ("timekeeping: Provide time setter for auxiliary clocks")
Signed-off-by: Daehyeon Ko <4ncienth@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Tested-by: shaos <shawnq1@163.com>
Acked-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261019080324.4147815-1-4ncienth@gmail.com
---
kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
---
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/sched/loadavg.h>
#include <linux/sched/clock.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
#include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
#include <linux/clocksource.h>
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
@@ -2936,11 +2937,15 @@ static int aux_clock_set(const clockid_t
struct tk_data *aux_tkd = aux_get_tk_data(id);
struct timekeeper *aux_tks;
ktime_t tnow, nsecs;
+ int ret;
if (!timespec64_valid_settod(tnew))
return -EINVAL;
if (!aux_tkd)
return -ENODEV;
+ ret = security_settime64(tnew, NULL);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
aux_tks = &aux_tkd->shadow_timekeeper;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-10 9:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-07 10:13 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] timekeeping: Require permission to set auxiliary clocks" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree Sasha Levin
2026-11-10 9:35 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2026-11-10 20:59 ` [PATCH 6.18.y] timekeeping: Require permission to set auxiliary clocks Sasha Levin
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