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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/itimer.c b/kernel/itimer.c
index 22000c3db0d..c70369a74b5 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(1, "setitimer: new_value pointer is NULL."
+ " Misfeature support will be removed\n");
+ }
error = do_setitimer(which, &set_buffer, ovalue ? &get_buffer : NULL);
if (error || !ovalue)