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-rw-r--r--kernel/time/alarmtimer.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index cfab9eb8bb1b..2c3a23d77704 100644
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -611,6 +611,14 @@ static int alarm_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timr, int flags,
/* start the timer */
timr->it.alarm.interval = timespec_to_ktime(new_setting->it_interval);
+
+ /*
+ * Rate limit to the tick as a hot fix to prevent DOS. Will be
+ * mopped up later.
+ */
+ if (ktime_to_ns(timr->it.alarm.interval) < TICK_NSEC)
+ timr->it.alarm.interval = ktime_set(0, TICK_NSEC);
+
exp = timespec_to_ktime(new_setting->it_value);
/* Convert (if necessary) to absolute time */
if (flags != TIMER_ABSTIME) {