FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ntfs: fix resource leak in ntfs_new_attr_flags" failed to apply to 7.2-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 7.2-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-7.2.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 9969d58a9b0417393d033b24c670d57b686cabbf
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026090333-reformat-subplot-1cbe@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 7.2.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 9969d58a9b0417393d033b24c670d57b686cabbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hongling Zeng <zenghongling@kylinos.cn>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:14:10 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] ntfs: fix resource leak in ntfs_new_attr_flags

When handling resident attributes that don't need sparse/compressed
changes, ntfs_new_attr_flags() returns 0 directly at line 678 without
calling unmap_mft_record() or ntfs_attr_put_search_ctx(). This leaks
the MFT record mapping and attribute search context.

An unprivileged user can cause a denial of service by repeatedly
calling setxattr(2) with system.ntfs_attrib on files with resident
attributes, eventually exhausting kernel memory.

Fix by replacing the direct return with goto err_out to ensure proper
cleanup of resources via the existing cleanup code.

Fixes: e791930240a5 ("ntfs: fix resident conversion in ntfs_new_attr_flags")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Hongling Zeng <zenghongling@kylinos.cn>
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>

diff --git a/fs/ntfs/ea.c b/fs/ntfs/ea.c
index fcba051b514a..59e5e86e38e3 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/ea.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/ea.c
@@ -674,8 +674,10 @@ static int ntfs_new_attr_flags(struct ntfs_inode *ni, __le32 fattr)
 	}
 
 	if (!a->non_resident) {
-		if (!(new_aflags & (ATTR_IS_SPARSE | ATTR_IS_COMPRESSED)))
-			return 0;
+		if (!(new_aflags & (ATTR_IS_SPARSE | ATTR_IS_COMPRESSED))) {
+			err = 0;
+			goto err_out;
+		}
 
 		if (le32_to_cpu(a->data.resident.value_length)) {
 			pr_err("Can't change sparse/compressed for non-empty file");