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<title>posix-cpu-timers: Prevent UAF caused by non-leader exec() race</title>
<updated>2026-07-30T11:02:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-27T09:10:14+00:00</published>
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commit 920f893f735e92ba3a1cd9256899a186b161928d upstream.

Wongi and Jungwoo decoded and reported a non-leader exec() related race
which can result in an UAF:

 sys_timer_delete()			exec()
   posix_cpu_timer_del()
   // Observes old leader
   p = pid_task(pid, pid_type);		de_thread()
   					  switch_leader();
					  release_task(old_leader)
					    __exit_signal(old_leader)
					      sighand = lock(old_leader, sighand);
					      posix_cpu_timers*_exit();
   sighand = lock_task_sighand(p)	      unhash_task(old_leader);
     sh = lock(p, sighand)	    	      old_leader-&gt;sighand = NULL;
					      unlock(sighand);
     (p-&gt;sighand == NULL)
	unlock(sh)
	return NULL;

   // Returns without action
   if(!sighand)
      return 0;
   free_posix_timer();

This is "harmless" unless the deleted timer was armed and enqueued in
p-&gt;signal because on exec() a TGID targeted timer is inherited.

As sys_timer_delete() freed the underlying posix timer object
run_posix_cpu_timers() or any timerqueue related add/delete operations on
other timers will access the freed object's timerqueue node, which results
in an UAF.

There is a similar problem vs. posix_cpu_timer_set(). For regular posix
timers it just transiently returns -ESRCH to user space, but for the use
case in do_cpu_nanosleep() it's the same UAF just that the k_itimer is
allocated on the stack.

Also posix_cpu_timer_rearm() fails to rearm the timer, which means it stops
to expire.

While debating solutions Frederic pointed out another problem:

   posix_cpu_timer_del(tmr)
					__exit_signal(p)
					  posix_cpu_timers*_exit(p);
					  unhash_task(p);
					  p-&gt;sighand = NULL;
     sh = lock_task_sighand(p)
        sighand = p-&gt;sighand;
	if (!sighand)
	    return NULL;
	lock(sighand);

     if (!sh)
	WARN_ON_ONCE(timer_queued(tmr));

On weakly ordered architectures it is not guaranteed that
posix_cpu_timer_del() will observe the stores in posix_cpu_timers*_exit()
when p-&gt;sighand is observed as NULL, which means the WARN() can be a false
positive.

Solve these issues by:

  1) Changing the store in __exit_signal() to smp_store_release().

  2) Adding a smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep() into the !sighand path
     of lock_task_sighand().

  3) Creating a helper function for looking up the task and locking sighand
     which does not return when sighand == NULL. Instead it retries the
     task lookup and only if that fails it gives up.

  4) Using that helper in the three affected functions.

#1/#2 ensures that the reader side which observes sighand == NULL also
observes all preceeding stores, i.e. the stores in posix_cpu_timers*_exit()
and the ones in unhash_task().

#3 ensures that the above described non-leader exec() situation is handled
gracefully. When the task lookup returns the old leader, but sighand ==
NULL then it retries. In the non-leader exec() case the subsequent task
lookup will observe the new leader due to #1/#2. In normal exit() scenarios
the subsequent lookup fails.

When the task lookup fails, the function also checks whether the timer is
still enqueued and issues a warning if that's the case. Unfortunately there
is nothing which can be done about it, but as the task is already not
longer visible the timer should not be accessed anymore. This check also
requires memory ordering, which is not provided when the first lookup
fails. To achieve that the check is preceeded by a smp_rmb() which pairs
with the smp_wmb() in write_seqlock() in __exit_signal(). That ensures that
the stores in posix_cpu_timers*_exit() are visible.

The history of the non-leader exec() issue goes back to the early days of
posix CPU timers, which stored a pointer to the group leader task in the
timer. That obviously fails when a non-leader exec() switches the leader.
commit e0a70217107e ("posix-cpu-timers: workaround to suppress the problems
with mt exec") added a temporary workaround for that in 2010 which survived
about 10 years. The fix for the workaround changed the task pointer to a
pid pointer, but failed to see the subtle race described above. So the
Fixes tag picks that commit, which seems to be halfways accurate.

Thanks to Frederic Weissbecker, Oleg Nesterov and Peter Zijlstra for
review, feedback and suggestions and to Wongi and Jungwoo for the excellent
bug report and analysis!

Fixes: 55e8c8eb2c7b ("posix-cpu-timers: Store a reference to a pid not a task")
Reported-by: Wongi Lee &lt;qw3rtyp0@gmail.com&gt;
Reported-by: Jungwoo Lee &lt;jwlee2217@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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commit 920f893f735e92ba3a1cd9256899a186b161928d upstream.

Wongi and Jungwoo decoded and reported a non-leader exec() related race
which can result in an UAF:

 sys_timer_delete()			exec()
   posix_cpu_timer_del()
   // Observes old leader
   p = pid_task(pid, pid_type);		de_thread()
   					  switch_leader();
					  release_task(old_leader)
					    __exit_signal(old_leader)
					      sighand = lock(old_leader, sighand);
					      posix_cpu_timers*_exit();
   sighand = lock_task_sighand(p)	      unhash_task(old_leader);
     sh = lock(p, sighand)	    	      old_leader-&gt;sighand = NULL;
					      unlock(sighand);
     (p-&gt;sighand == NULL)
	unlock(sh)
	return NULL;

   // Returns without action
   if(!sighand)
      return 0;
   free_posix_timer();

This is "harmless" unless the deleted timer was armed and enqueued in
p-&gt;signal because on exec() a TGID targeted timer is inherited.

As sys_timer_delete() freed the underlying posix timer object
run_posix_cpu_timers() or any timerqueue related add/delete operations on
other timers will access the freed object's timerqueue node, which results
in an UAF.

There is a similar problem vs. posix_cpu_timer_set(). For regular posix
timers it just transiently returns -ESRCH to user space, but for the use
case in do_cpu_nanosleep() it's the same UAF just that the k_itimer is
allocated on the stack.

Also posix_cpu_timer_rearm() fails to rearm the timer, which means it stops
to expire.

While debating solutions Frederic pointed out another problem:

   posix_cpu_timer_del(tmr)
					__exit_signal(p)
					  posix_cpu_timers*_exit(p);
					  unhash_task(p);
					  p-&gt;sighand = NULL;
     sh = lock_task_sighand(p)
        sighand = p-&gt;sighand;
	if (!sighand)
	    return NULL;
	lock(sighand);

     if (!sh)
	WARN_ON_ONCE(timer_queued(tmr));

On weakly ordered architectures it is not guaranteed that
posix_cpu_timer_del() will observe the stores in posix_cpu_timers*_exit()
when p-&gt;sighand is observed as NULL, which means the WARN() can be a false
positive.

Solve these issues by:

  1) Changing the store in __exit_signal() to smp_store_release().

  2) Adding a smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep() into the !sighand path
     of lock_task_sighand().

  3) Creating a helper function for looking up the task and locking sighand
     which does not return when sighand == NULL. Instead it retries the
     task lookup and only if that fails it gives up.

  4) Using that helper in the three affected functions.

#1/#2 ensures that the reader side which observes sighand == NULL also
observes all preceeding stores, i.e. the stores in posix_cpu_timers*_exit()
and the ones in unhash_task().

#3 ensures that the above described non-leader exec() situation is handled
gracefully. When the task lookup returns the old leader, but sighand ==
NULL then it retries. In the non-leader exec() case the subsequent task
lookup will observe the new leader due to #1/#2. In normal exit() scenarios
the subsequent lookup fails.

When the task lookup fails, the function also checks whether the timer is
still enqueued and issues a warning if that's the case. Unfortunately there
is nothing which can be done about it, but as the task is already not
longer visible the timer should not be accessed anymore. This check also
requires memory ordering, which is not provided when the first lookup
fails. To achieve that the check is preceeded by a smp_rmb() which pairs
with the smp_wmb() in write_seqlock() in __exit_signal(). That ensures that
the stores in posix_cpu_timers*_exit() are visible.

The history of the non-leader exec() issue goes back to the early days of
posix CPU timers, which stored a pointer to the group leader task in the
timer. That obviously fails when a non-leader exec() switches the leader.
commit e0a70217107e ("posix-cpu-timers: workaround to suppress the problems
with mt exec") added a temporary workaround for that in 2010 which survived
about 10 years. The fix for the workaround changed the task pointer to a
pid pointer, but failed to see the subtle race described above. So the
Fixes tag picks that commit, which seems to be halfways accurate.

Thanks to Frederic Weissbecker, Oleg Nesterov and Peter Zijlstra for
review, feedback and suggestions and to Wongi and Jungwoo for the excellent
bug report and analysis!

Fixes: 55e8c8eb2c7b ("posix-cpu-timers: Store a reference to a pid not a task")
Reported-by: Wongi Lee &lt;qw3rtyp0@gmail.com&gt;
Reported-by: Jungwoo Lee &lt;jwlee2217@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>posix-cpu-timers: Use u64 multiplication in update_rlimit_cpu()</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T14:03:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Zhan Xusheng</name>
<email>zhanxusheng1024@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-16T11:20:17+00:00</published>
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commit 26aff38fefb1d6cd87e22525f41cc8f1aa61b24f upstream.

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 &gt; 4 seconds 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 &gt;= 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 &lt;zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260616112017.1681372-1-zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 26aff38fefb1d6cd87e22525f41cc8f1aa61b24f upstream.

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 &gt; 4 seconds 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 &gt;= 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 &lt;zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260616112017.1681372-1-zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>time: Fix off-by-one in compat settimeofday() usec validation</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T14:03:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Wang Yan</name>
<email>wangyan01@kylinos.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-22T10:33:48+00:00</published>
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commit 269f2b43fae692d1f3988c9f888a6301aa537b82 upstream.

The compat version of settimeofday() uses '&gt;' instead of '&gt;=' when
validating tv_usec against USEC_PER_SEC, allowing the value 1000000 to pass
the check. After the subsequent conversion to nanoseconds (tv_nsec *=
NSEC_PER_USEC), this results in tv_nsec == NSEC_PER_SEC, which violates the
timespec invariant that tv_nsec must be strictly less than NSEC_PER_SEC.

The native settimeofday() was already fixed in commit ce4abda5e126 ("time:
Fix off-by-one in settimeofday() usec validation"), but the compat
counterpart was missed.

Fix it by using '&gt;=' to reject tv_usec values outside the valid range [0,
USEC_PER_SEC - 1].

Fixes: 5e0fb1b57bea ("y2038: time: avoid timespec usage in settimeofday()")
Signed-off-by: Wang Yan &lt;wangyan01@kylinos.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260622103348.120255-1-wangyan01@kylinos.cn
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 269f2b43fae692d1f3988c9f888a6301aa537b82 upstream.

The compat version of settimeofday() uses '&gt;' instead of '&gt;=' when
validating tv_usec against USEC_PER_SEC, allowing the value 1000000 to pass
the check. After the subsequent conversion to nanoseconds (tv_nsec *=
NSEC_PER_USEC), this results in tv_nsec == NSEC_PER_SEC, which violates the
timespec invariant that tv_nsec must be strictly less than NSEC_PER_SEC.

The native settimeofday() was already fixed in commit ce4abda5e126 ("time:
Fix off-by-one in settimeofday() usec validation"), but the compat
counterpart was missed.

Fix it by using '&gt;=' to reject tv_usec values outside the valid range [0,
USEC_PER_SEC - 1].

Fixes: 5e0fb1b57bea ("y2038: time: avoid timespec usage in settimeofday()")
Signed-off-by: Wang Yan &lt;wangyan01@kylinos.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260622103348.120255-1-wangyan01@kylinos.cn
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>posix-cpu-timers: Fix pid refcount leak in do_cpu_nanosleep() error path</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T14:02:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>WenTao Liang</name>
<email>vulab@iscas.ac.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-11T16:17:38+00:00</published>
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commit 87bd2ad568e15b90d5f7d4bcd70342d05dad649c upstream.

In do_cpu_nanosleep(), posix_cpu_timer_create() takes a pid reference
via get_pid() and stores it in timer.it.cpu.pid. If the subsequent
posix_cpu_timer_set() call fails, the function returns immediately
without calling posix_cpu_timer_del() to release the pid reference,
causing a leak.

Fix it by calling posix_cpu_timer_del() before the unlock-and-return
on the error path, consistent with the other exit paths in the same
function.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: WenTao Liang &lt;vulab@iscas.ac.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260611161738.97043-1-vulab@iscas.ac.cn
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 87bd2ad568e15b90d5f7d4bcd70342d05dad649c upstream.

In do_cpu_nanosleep(), posix_cpu_timer_create() takes a pid reference
via get_pid() and stores it in timer.it.cpu.pid. If the subsequent
posix_cpu_timer_set() call fails, the function returns immediately
without calling posix_cpu_timer_del() to release the pid reference,
causing a leak.

Fix it by calling posix_cpu_timer_del() before the unlock-and-return
on the error path, consistent with the other exit paths in the same
function.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: WenTao Liang &lt;vulab@iscas.ac.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260611161738.97043-1-vulab@iscas.ac.cn
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>time: Fix off-by-one in settimeofday() usec validation</title>
<updated>2026-06-19T11:39:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Naveen Kumar Chaudhary</name>
<email>naveen.osdev@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-02T18:07:37+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit ce4abda5e12622f33450159e76c8f56d28d7f03d ]

The validation check uses '&gt;' instead of '&gt;=' when comparing tv_usec
against USEC_PER_SEC, allowing the value 1000000 through. After
conversion to nanoseconds (*= 1000), this produces tv_nsec ==
NSEC_PER_SEC, violating the timespec invariant that tv_nsec must be
less than NSEC_PER_SEC.

Use '&gt;=' to reject tv_usec values that are not in the valid range of
0 to 999999.

Fixes: 5e0fb1b57bea ("y2038: time: avoid timespec usage in settimeofday()")
Signed-off-by: Naveen Kumar Chaudhary &lt;naveen.osdev@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/4rikk44zew3s6577dugmx4jyblz7o5c57niuap6ct3td5yfm6w@gh7pcumg7qor
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit ce4abda5e12622f33450159e76c8f56d28d7f03d ]

The validation check uses '&gt;' instead of '&gt;=' when comparing tv_usec
against USEC_PER_SEC, allowing the value 1000000 through. After
conversion to nanoseconds (*= 1000), this produces tv_nsec ==
NSEC_PER_SEC, violating the timespec invariant that tv_nsec must be
less than NSEC_PER_SEC.

Use '&gt;=' to reject tv_usec values that are not in the valid range of
0 to 999999.

Fixes: 5e0fb1b57bea ("y2038: time: avoid timespec usage in settimeofday()")
Signed-off-by: Naveen Kumar Chaudhary &lt;naveen.osdev@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/4rikk44zew3s6577dugmx4jyblz7o5c57niuap6ct3td5yfm6w@gh7pcumg7qor
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>hrtimer: Reduce trace noise in hrtimer_start()</title>
<updated>2026-05-23T11:03:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-24T16:36:59+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit f2e388a019e4cf83a15883a3d1f1384298e9a6aa ]

hrtimer_start() when invoked with an already armed timer traces like:

 &lt;comm&gt;-..   [032] d.h2. 5.002263: hrtimer_cancel: hrtimer= ....
 &lt;comm&gt;-..   [032] d.h1. 5.002263: hrtimer_start: hrtimer= ....

Which is incorrect as the timer doesn't get canceled. Just the expiry time
changes. The internal dequeue operation which is required for that is not
really interesting for trace analysis. But it makes it tedious to keep real
cancellations and the above case apart.

Remove the cancel tracing in hrtimer_start() and add a 'was_armed'
indicator to the hrtimer start tracepoint, which clearly indicates what the
state of the hrtimer is when hrtimer_start() is invoked:

&lt;comm&gt;-..   [032] d.h1. 6.200103: hrtimer_start: hrtimer= .... was_armed=0
 &lt;comm&gt;-..   [032] d.h1. 6.200558: hrtimer_start: hrtimer= .... was_armed=1

Fixes: c6a2a1770245 ("hrtimer: Add tracepoint for hrtimers")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260224163430.208491877@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit f2e388a019e4cf83a15883a3d1f1384298e9a6aa ]

hrtimer_start() when invoked with an already armed timer traces like:

 &lt;comm&gt;-..   [032] d.h2. 5.002263: hrtimer_cancel: hrtimer= ....
 &lt;comm&gt;-..   [032] d.h1. 5.002263: hrtimer_start: hrtimer= ....

Which is incorrect as the timer doesn't get canceled. Just the expiry time
changes. The internal dequeue operation which is required for that is not
really interesting for trace analysis. But it makes it tedious to keep real
cancellations and the above case apart.

Remove the cancel tracing in hrtimer_start() and add a 'was_armed'
indicator to the hrtimer start tracepoint, which clearly indicates what the
state of the hrtimer is when hrtimer_start() is invoked:

&lt;comm&gt;-..   [032] d.h1. 6.200103: hrtimer_start: hrtimer= .... was_armed=0
 &lt;comm&gt;-..   [032] d.h1. 6.200558: hrtimer_start: hrtimer= .... was_armed=1

Fixes: c6a2a1770245 ("hrtimer: Add tracepoint for hrtimers")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260224163430.208491877@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>hrtimer: Avoid pointless reprogramming in __hrtimer_start_range_ns()</title>
<updated>2026-05-23T11:03:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-24T16:35:37+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit d19ff16c11db38f3ee179d72751fb9b340174330 ]

Much like hrtimer_reprogram(), skip programming if the cpu_base is running
the hrtimer interrupt.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Juri Lelli &lt;juri.lelli@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260224163429.069535561@kernel.org
Stable-dep-of: f2e388a019e4 ("hrtimer: Reduce trace noise in hrtimer_start()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit d19ff16c11db38f3ee179d72751fb9b340174330 ]

Much like hrtimer_reprogram(), skip programming if the cpu_base is running
the hrtimer interrupt.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Juri Lelli &lt;juri.lelli@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260224163429.069535561@kernel.org
Stable-dep-of: f2e388a019e4 ("hrtimer: Reduce trace noise in hrtimer_start()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>hrtimers: Update the return type of enqueue_hrtimer()</title>
<updated>2026-05-23T11:03:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Richard Clark</name>
<email>richard.xnu.clark@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-24T07:57:03+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit da7100d3bf7d6f5c49ef493ea963766898e9b069 ]

The return type should be 'bool' instead of 'int' according to the calling
context in the kernel, and its internal implementation, i.e. :

	return timerqueue_add();

which is a bool-return function.

[ tglx: Adjust function arguments ]

Signed-off-by: Richard Clark &lt;richard.xnu.clark@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Z2ppT7me13dtxm1a@MBC02GN1V4Q05P
Stable-dep-of: f2e388a019e4 ("hrtimer: Reduce trace noise in hrtimer_start()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit da7100d3bf7d6f5c49ef493ea963766898e9b069 ]

The return type should be 'bool' instead of 'int' according to the calling
context in the kernel, and its internal implementation, i.e. :

	return timerqueue_add();

which is a bool-return function.

[ tglx: Adjust function arguments ]

Signed-off-by: Richard Clark &lt;richard.xnu.clark@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Z2ppT7me13dtxm1a@MBC02GN1V4Q05P
Stable-dep-of: f2e388a019e4 ("hrtimer: Reduce trace noise in hrtimer_start()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>alarmtimer: Fix argument order in alarm_timer_forward()</title>
<updated>2026-04-02T11:07:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Zhan Xusheng</name>
<email>zhanxusheng1024@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-23T06:11:30+00:00</published>
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commit 5d16467ae56343b9205caedf85e3a131e0914ad8 upstream.

alarm_timer_forward() passes arguments to alarm_forward() in the wrong
order:

  alarm_forward(alarm, timr-&gt;it_interval, now);

However, alarm_forward() is defined as:

  u64 alarm_forward(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t now, ktime_t interval);

and uses the second argument as the current time:

  delta = ktime_sub(now, alarm-&gt;node.expires);

Passing the interval as "now" results in incorrect delta computation,
which can lead to missed expirations or incorrect overrun accounting.

This issue has been present since the introduction of
alarm_timer_forward().

Fix this by swapping the arguments.

Fixes: e7561f1633ac ("alarmtimer: Implement forward callback")
Signed-off-by: Zhan Xusheng &lt;zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260323061130.29991-1-zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 5d16467ae56343b9205caedf85e3a131e0914ad8 upstream.

alarm_timer_forward() passes arguments to alarm_forward() in the wrong
order:

  alarm_forward(alarm, timr-&gt;it_interval, now);

However, alarm_forward() is defined as:

  u64 alarm_forward(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t now, ktime_t interval);

and uses the second argument as the current time:

  delta = ktime_sub(now, alarm-&gt;node.expires);

Passing the interval as "now" results in incorrect delta computation,
which can lead to missed expirations or incorrect overrun accounting.

This issue has been present since the introduction of
alarm_timer_forward().

Fix this by swapping the arguments.

Fixes: e7561f1633ac ("alarmtimer: Implement forward callback")
Signed-off-by: Zhan Xusheng &lt;zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260323061130.29991-1-zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>time/jiffies: Mark jiffies_64_to_clock_t() notrace</title>
<updated>2026-03-25T10:05:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-07T02:24:03+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 755a648e78f12574482d4698d877375793867fa1 ]

The trace_clock_jiffies() function that handles the "uptime" clock for
tracing calls jiffies_64_to_clock_t(). This causes the function tracer to
constantly recurse when the tracing clock is set to "uptime". Mark it
notrace to prevent unnecessary recursion when using the "uptime" clock.

Fixes: 58d4e21e50ff3 ("tracing: Fix wraparound problems in "uptime" trace clock")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260306212403.72270bb2@robin
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 755a648e78f12574482d4698d877375793867fa1 ]

The trace_clock_jiffies() function that handles the "uptime" clock for
tracing calls jiffies_64_to_clock_t(). This causes the function tracer to
constantly recurse when the tracing clock is set to "uptime". Mark it
notrace to prevent unnecessary recursion when using the "uptime" clock.

Fixes: 58d4e21e50ff3 ("tracing: Fix wraparound problems in "uptime" trace clock")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260306212403.72270bb2@robin
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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