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| author | Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@proton.me> | 2026-06-07 20:30:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org> | 2026-06-08 22:57:55 +0900 |
| commit | 7d19e1ffee084c4f7d321a360c14ba43404f7cc8 (patch) | |
| tree | 515d1e50fbec10ca1e21913b140e82b581d84e27 | |
| parent | b3f6cd1d54aa279cc4f47aa27939ebe517a2c390 (diff) | |
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ntfs: validate resident attribute lists and harden the validator
A base inode's $ATTRIBUTE_LIST is sanity-checked by load_attribute_list()
only on the non-resident path; ntfs_read_locked_inode() copies a *resident*
attribute list into ni->attr_list with a plain memcpy() and no validation
at all. Every subsequent walk of ni->attr_list --
ntfs_external_attr_find(), ntfs_inode_attach_all_extents() and
ntfs_attrlist_need() -- then trusts the entries are well-formed and reads
attr_list_entry fixed-header fields
(lowest_vcn at offset 8, mft_reference at offset 16, and the name) with
bounds that assume validation already happened. A crafted resident
attribute list therefore reaches those walks unvalidated and can drive
out-of-bounds reads of the attribute-list buffer.
load_attribute_list() itself reads ale->name_offset (offset 7),
ale->mft_reference (offset 16) and the name length under only an
"al < al_start + size" bound, so its own validation loop can over-read the
fixed header of a truncated trailing entry by a few bytes.
Factor the per-entry validation into ntfs_attr_list_entry_is_valid(),
which requires each entry's fixed header (offsetof(struct
attr_list_entry, name)) to be in range before any field is dereferenced,
that ale->length is a multiple of 8 covering the fixed header plus the
name, and that the entry is in use and carries a live MFT reference.
ntfs_attr_list_is_valid() walks the buffer with it and checks the entries
tile it exactly. Use the list validator in load_attribute_list()
(replacing the open-coded loop, closing its own over-read) and on the
resident path in ntfs_read_locked_inode() (which previously skipped
validation entirely); patches 2/3 reuse the per-entry helper at the other
two attribute-list walks.
Fixes: 1e9ea7e04472 ("Revert "fs: Remove NTFS classic"")
Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@proton.me>
Reviewed-by: Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ntfs/attrib.c | 78 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ntfs/attrib.h | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ntfs/inode.c | 6 |
3 files changed, 73 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c index 5e1ad1cd0118..2d675bf99ca7 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c +++ b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c @@ -921,11 +921,71 @@ char *ntfs_attr_name_get(const struct ntfs_volume *vol, const __le16 *uname, return NULL; } +/* + * ntfs_attr_list_entry_is_valid - sanity check one $ATTRIBUTE_LIST entry + * @ale: the attribute-list entry to check + * @al_end: end of the attribute-list buffer @ale lives in + * + * Verify that @ale is a well-formed attr_list_entry wholly contained in + * [.., @al_end): its fixed header must lie in range before any field is + * dereferenced, its length must be a multiple of 8 that covers the fixed + * header plus the name, the name must lie within the buffer, the entry must + * be in use and carry a live MFT reference. Return true if valid. + */ +bool ntfs_attr_list_entry_is_valid(const struct attr_list_entry *ale, + const u8 *al_end) +{ + const u8 *al = (const u8 *)ale; + u16 ale_len; + + /* The fixed header must be in bounds before it is parsed. */ + if (al + offsetof(struct attr_list_entry, name) > al_end) + return false; + ale_len = le16_to_cpu(ale->length); + /* On-disk entries are 8-byte aligned (see struct attr_list_entry). */ + if (ale_len & 7) + return false; + if (ale->name_offset != sizeof(struct attr_list_entry)) + return false; + if ((u32)ale->name_offset + + (u32)ale->name_length * sizeof(__le16) > ale_len || + al + ale_len > al_end) + return false; + if (ale->type == AT_UNUSED) + return false; + if (MSEQNO_LE(ale->mft_reference) == 0) + return false; + return true; +} + +/* + * ntfs_attr_list_is_valid - sanity check an in-memory $ATTRIBUTE_LIST + * @al_start: start of the attribute list buffer + * @size: length of the attribute list in bytes + * + * Verify that [@al_start, @al_start + @size) is a sequence of valid + * attr_list_entry records (see ntfs_attr_list_entry_is_valid()) that tile the + * buffer exactly. Return true if valid, false otherwise. + */ +bool ntfs_attr_list_is_valid(const u8 *al_start, s64 size) +{ + const u8 *al = al_start; + const u8 *al_end = al_start + size; + + while (al < al_end) { + const struct attr_list_entry *ale = + (const struct attr_list_entry *)al; + + if (!ntfs_attr_list_entry_is_valid(ale, al_end)) + return false; + al += le16_to_cpu(ale->length); + } + return al == al_end; +} + int load_attribute_list(struct ntfs_inode *base_ni, u8 *al_start, const s64 size) { struct inode *attr_vi = NULL; - u8 *al; - struct attr_list_entry *ale; if (!al_start || size <= 0) return -EINVAL; @@ -947,19 +1007,7 @@ int load_attribute_list(struct ntfs_inode *base_ni, u8 *al_start, const s64 size } iput(attr_vi); - for (al = al_start; al < al_start + size; al += le16_to_cpu(ale->length)) { - ale = (struct attr_list_entry *)al; - if (ale->name_offset != sizeof(struct attr_list_entry)) - break; - if (le16_to_cpu(ale->length) <= ale->name_offset + ale->name_length || - al + le16_to_cpu(ale->length) > al_start + size) - break; - if (ale->type == AT_UNUSED) - break; - if (MSEQNO_LE(ale->mft_reference) == 0) - break; - } - if (al != al_start + size) { + if (!ntfs_attr_list_is_valid(al_start, size)) { ntfs_error(base_ni->vol->sb, "Corrupt attribute list, mft = %llu", base_ni->mft_no); return -EIO; diff --git a/fs/ntfs/attrib.h b/fs/ntfs/attrib.h index f7acc7986b09..e2224fbfaabe 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs/attrib.h +++ b/fs/ntfs/attrib.h @@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ int ntfs_attr_lookup(const __le32 type, const __le16 *name, const u32 name_len, const u32 ic, const s64 lowest_vcn, const u8 *val, const u32 val_len, struct ntfs_attr_search_ctx *ctx); +bool ntfs_attr_list_entry_is_valid(const struct attr_list_entry *ale, + const u8 *al_end); +bool ntfs_attr_list_is_valid(const u8 *al_start, s64 size); + int load_attribute_list(struct ntfs_inode *base_ni, u8 *al_start, const s64 size); diff --git a/fs/ntfs/inode.c b/fs/ntfs/inode.c index 9717fb5b4709..8a7798d7f5fc 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/ntfs/inode.c @@ -848,6 +848,12 @@ static int ntfs_read_locked_inode(struct inode *vi) a->data.resident.value_offset), le32_to_cpu( a->data.resident.value_length)); + /* A resident list is not validated on load; check it now. */ + if (!ntfs_attr_list_is_valid(ni->attr_list, + ni->attr_list_size)) { + ntfs_error(vi->i_sb, "Corrupt attribute list."); + goto unm_err_out; + } } } skip_attr_list_load: |
