kernel: Integer overflow in the alarm_timer_nsleep function

A flaw was found in the alarmtimernsleep function in kernel/time/alarmtimer.c in the Linux kernel. The ktimeaddsafe function is not used and an integer overflow can happen causing an alarm not to fire or possibly a denial-of-service if using a large relative timeout...

kernel: Integer overflow in the alarm_timer_nsleep function

A flaw was found in the alarmtimernsleep function in kernel/time/alarmtimer.c in the Linux kernel. The ktimeaddsafe function is not used and an integer overflow can happen causing an alarm not to fire or possibly a denial-of-service if using a large relative timeout...