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authorValeriy Yashnikov <yashnikov.valeriy@gmail.com>2026-07-04 19:38:57 +1000
committerNamjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>2026-07-06 20:27:13 +0900
commit5b6eedd7cc2936f9238e852b553a1b326105bde8 (patch)
treef2eaf492aaec56bd6d3e7cf59fd78ed259f1d1e7
parentb8d6c528e9d57d263fee1a648409f84a68b2561d (diff)
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ntfs: avoid calling post_write_mst_fixup() for invalid index_block
ntfs_icx_ib_sync_write() calls post_write_mst_fixup() when ntfs_ib_write() returns an error, intending to restore the buffer after a failed write. However, ntfs_ib_write() returns an error immediately if pre_write_mst_fixup() validation fails. The caller, ntfs_icx_ib_sync_write(), interprets any error as a write failure requiring rollback. It does not differentiate between I/O errors and validation failures, and calls post_write_mst_fixup() anyway. Since post_write_mst_fixup() assumes that the index_block contents is correct, it doesn't perform the boundary checks, which results in out-of-bounds memory access. An attacker can craft a malicious NTFS image with: - large index_block.usa_ofs offset, pointing outside the ntfs_record - index_block.usa_count = 0, causing integer underflow - or index_block.usa_count larger than actual number of sectors in the ntfs_record, causing out-of-bounds access KASAN reports describing the memory corruption: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in post_write_mst_fixup+0x19c/0x1d0 Read of size 2 at addr ffff8881586c9018 by task p/9428 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 print_report+0x139/0x4ad ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x19c/0x1d0 ? __virt_addr_valid+0x262/0x500 ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x19c/0x1d0 kasan_report+0xe4/0x1d0 ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x19c/0x1d0 post_write_mst_fixup+0x19c/0x1d0 ntfs_icx_ib_sync_write+0x179/0x220 ntfs_inode_sync_filename+0x83d/0x1080 __ntfs_write_inode+0x1049/0x1480 ntfs_file_fsync+0x131/0x9b0 ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in post_write_mst_fixup+0x1aa/0x1d0 Write of size 2 at addr ffff8881586c91fe by task p/9428 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 print_report+0x139/0x4ad ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x1aa/0x1d0 ? __virt_addr_valid+0x262/0x500 ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x1aa/0x1d0 kasan_report+0xe4/0x1d0 ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x1aa/0x1d0 post_write_mst_fixup+0x1aa/0x1d0 ntfs_icx_ib_sync_write+0x179/0x220 ntfs_inode_sync_filename+0x83d/0x1080 __ntfs_write_inode+0x1049/0x1480 ntfs_file_fsync+0x131/0x9b0 ================================================================== Let's move the post_write_mst_fixup() call to ntfs_ib_write(). The ntfs_ib_write() function calls pre_write_mst_fixup() at the beginning. If the index_block contents is invalid, pre_write_mst_fixup() fails and ntfs_ib_write() returns early without calling post_write_mst_fixup() on bad index_block. Fixes: 0a8ac0c1fa0b ("ntfs: update directory operations") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Valeriy Yashnikov <yashnikov.valeriy@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--fs/ntfs/index.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/index.c b/fs/ntfs/index.c
index c5f2cf75b750..faa7ee920a3a 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/index.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/index.c
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ static int ntfs_ib_write(struct ntfs_index_context *icx, struct index_block *ib)
ret = ntfs_inode_attr_pwrite(VFS_I(icx->ia_ni),
ntfs_ib_vcn_to_pos(icx, vcn), icx->block_size,
(u8 *)ib, icx->sync_write);
+
+ /* Perform data restoration before returning */
+ post_write_mst_fixup((struct ntfs_record *)ib);
+
if (ret != icx->block_size) {
ntfs_debug("Failed to write index block %lld, inode %llu",
vcn, (unsigned long long)icx->idx_ni->mft_no);
@@ -147,7 +151,6 @@ int ntfs_icx_ib_sync_write(struct ntfs_index_context *icx)
icx->ib = NULL;
icx->ib_dirty = false;
} else {
- post_write_mst_fixup((struct ntfs_record *)icx->ib);
icx->sync_write = false;
}