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authorBryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@proton.me>2026-06-07 20:30:00 +0000
committerNamjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>2026-06-08 22:57:55 +0900
commit7d19e1ffee084c4f7d321a360c14ba43404f7cc8 (patch)
tree515d1e50fbec10ca1e21913b140e82b581d84e27
parentb3f6cd1d54aa279cc4f47aa27939ebe517a2c390 (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.c78
-rw-r--r--fs/ntfs/attrib.h4
-rw-r--r--fs/ntfs/inode.c6
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: