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From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: Lizhi Xu <lizhi.xu@windriver.com>
Cc: almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com, brauner@kernel.org,
	jack@suse.cz, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ntfs3@lists.linux.dev,
	syzbot+73d8fc29ec7cba8286fa@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
	syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] fs/ntfs3: check if the inode is bad before creating symlink
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 03:55:29 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241121035529.GO3387508@ZenIV> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241121031329.354341-1-lizhi.xu@windriver.com>

On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 11:13:29AM +0800, Lizhi Xu wrote:
>   user_path_at()->
>     filename_lookup()->
>       path_lookupat()->
>         lookup_last()->
>           walk_component()->
>             __lookup_slow()->
>               ntfs_lookup()->
>                 d_splice_alias()->
> 
> 2. The subsequent chmod fails, causing the inode to be set to bad.

What's wrong with "return an error"?

> 3. During the link operation, d_instantiate() is executed in ntfs_link() to associate the bad inode with the dentry.

Yecchhh...  If nothing else, check for is_bad_inode() should be there
for as long as make_bad_inode() is done on live inodes.

  reply	other threads:[~2024-11-21  3:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-11-14 18:08 [syzbot] [ntfs3?] general protection fault in pick_link syzbot
2024-11-15  8:26 ` [syzbot] " syzbot
2024-11-15  9:49 ` [PATCH] fs: add check for symlink corrupted Lizhi Xu
2024-11-15 11:43   ` Jan Kara
2024-11-16  1:02     ` Lizhi Xu
2024-11-16  1:25       ` Al Viro
2024-11-15 13:06   ` Al Viro
2024-11-15 13:24     ` Al Viro
2024-11-16  1:39       ` Lizhi Xu
2024-11-16  2:32         ` Al Viro
2024-11-19 11:29           ` [PATCH V2] fs: improve the check of whether i_link has been set Lizhi Xu
2024-11-19 16:36             ` Al Viro
2024-11-20  3:04               ` [PATCH V3] fs/ntfs3: check if the inode is bad before creating symlink Lizhi Xu
2024-11-20 16:10                 ` Al Viro
2024-11-21  3:13                   ` Lizhi Xu
2024-11-21  3:55                     ` Al Viro [this message]
2024-11-21  5:27                       ` Lizhi Xu
2024-11-22  7:49                   ` Lizhi Xu
2024-11-22  8:10                     ` [PATCH V4] " Lizhi Xu
2024-11-22 11:50                       ` Jan Kara
2024-11-23  1:09                     ` [PATCH V5] " Lizhi Xu
2024-11-23  1:32                       ` Al Viro
2024-11-24  4:43                         ` [PATCH V6] fs/ntfs3: check if the inode is bad before instantiating dentry Lizhi Xu

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