From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>,
Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y 2/2] ntfs3: validate split-point offset in indx_insert_into_buffer
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:00:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260724110058.3984551-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260724110058.3984551-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>
[ Upstream commit f1df9d771df47aa40de6d70949c28720ae1e430d ]
indx_insert_into_buffer() computes
used = used1 - to_copy - sp_size;
memmove(de_t, Add2Ptr(sp, sp_size), used - le32_to_cpu(hdr1->de_off));
where sp and sp_size come from hdr_find_split(). hdr_find_split()
walks entries by le16_to_cpu(e->size) without validating that each
step stays within hdr->used or that the size field is at least
sizeof(struct NTFS_DE). index_hdr_check(), the on-load gatekeeper,
only validates header-level fields (used, total, de_off) and does
not walk per-entry sizes.
A crafted NTFS image whose leaf INDEX_HDR reports used == total but
contains one interior NTFS_DE with size = 0xFFF0 therefore passes
validation, descends to indx_insert_into_buffer() through the
ntfs_create() -> indx_insert_entry() path, and makes hdr_find_split()
return an sp whose sp_size (0xFFF0) greatly exceeds the remaining
bytes in the buffer. The u32 subtraction underflows and the memmove
count becomes a near-4-GiB value, producing an out-of-bounds kernel
write that corrupts adjacent allocations and panics the kernel.
Reproduced on 7.0.0-rc7 with UML + KASAN via a crafted image and a
single 'touch' inside the mounted directory; crash site resolves to
fs/ntfs3/index.c at the memmove. Trigger requires only local mount
of an attacker-supplied filesystem image (USB, loopback, or removable
media auto-mount).
Reject the split whenever the chosen sp plus its declared size
already extends past hdr1->used. This is the minimal fix; it
preserves the existing hdr_find_split() contract and relies on the
same out: cleanup path as the pre-existing error returns.
A prior OOB read in the very same indx_insert_into_buffer() memmove
was fixed in commit b8c44949044e ("fs/ntfs3: Fix OOB read in
indx_insert_into_buffer") by tightening hdr_find_e(), but that fix
does not cover the split-point size field path addressed here: sp is
returned by hdr_find_split(), not hdr_find_e(), and the underflow is
driven by sp->size rather than hdr->used exceeding hdr->total.
Fixes: 82cae269cfa9 ("fs/ntfs3: Add initialization of super block")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-7
Signed-off-by: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/ntfs3/index.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/index.c b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
index 80fc3f61f81484..4285a7302acb07 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/index.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
@@ -1841,6 +1841,20 @@ indx_insert_into_buffer(struct ntfs_index *indx, struct ntfs_inode *ni,
memcpy(up_e, sp, sp_size);
used1 = le32_to_cpu(hdr1->used);
+
+ /*
+ * hdr_find_split does not validate per-entry sizes, so a crafted
+ * NTFS_DE whose le16 size field is out of range can place sp such
+ * that (PtrOffset(hdr1, sp) + sp_size) exceeds used1. Without this
+ * guard the u32 'used = used1 - to_copy - sp_size' underflows and
+ * the subsequent memmove count becomes a near-4-GiB value,
+ * triggering an out-of-bounds kernel write.
+ */
+ if (PtrOffset(hdr1, sp) + sp_size > used1) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
hdr1_saved = kmemdup(hdr1, used1, GFP_NOFS);
if (!hdr1_saved) {
err = -ENOMEM;
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-24 11:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-20 14:26 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ntfs3: validate split-point offset in indx_insert_into_buffer" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree gregkh
2026-07-24 11:00 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/2] fs/ntfs3: Undo critial modificatins to keep directory consistency Sasha Levin
2026-07-24 11:00 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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