1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 71232844f235..1d1ec6453a08 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -7029,6 +7029,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
         if (attr.freq) {
                 if (attr.sample_freq > sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate)
                         return -EINVAL;
+        } else {
+                if (attr.sample_period & (1ULL << 63))
+                        return -EINVAL;
         }
 
         /*