From: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng1024@gmail.com>
To: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
Cc: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] fs/ntfs3: reject invalid evcn == (u64)-1 in mi_enum_attr()
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:47:30 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260427034730.38012-1-zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260425114246.545866b6@pumpkin>
In mi_enum_attr(), the start/end VCN validation for non-resident
attributes is:
if (svcn > evcn + 1) goto out;
This relies on evcn + 1 arithmetic, which overflows when evcn
is (u64)-1 and wraps to 0, breaking the intended range check.
In that case, malformed on-disk metadata such as:
svcn == 0, evcn == (u64)-1
may incorrectly pass validation.
VCN (virtual cluster number) represents cluster indices within
a NTFS volume and is bounded by the physical size of the filesystem.
Therefore, values near or equal to (u64)-1 are not valid on-disk
VCN values and should be treated as malformed metadata.
Reject this case to prevent arithmetic overflow while preserving
the original semantics of allowing svcn <= evcn + 1.
Fixes: 013ff63b6494 ("fs/ntfs3: Add more attributes checks in mi_enum_attr()")
Signed-off-by: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com>
---
fs/ntfs3/record.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/record.c b/fs/ntfs3/record.c
index 32bdb034c2a3..ad752bebb66c 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/record.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/record.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ struct ATTRIB *mi_enum_attr(struct ntfs_inode *ni, struct mft_inode *mi,
u32 used = le32_to_cpu(rec->used);
u32 t32, off, asize, prev_type;
u16 t16;
- u64 data_size, alloc_size, tot_size;
+ u64 svcn, evcn, data_size, alloc_size, tot_size;
if (!attr) {
u32 total = le32_to_cpu(rec->total);
@@ -311,7 +311,10 @@ struct ATTRIB *mi_enum_attr(struct ntfs_inode *ni, struct mft_inode *mi,
goto out;
/* Check start/end vcn. */
- if (le64_to_cpu(attr->nres.svcn) > le64_to_cpu(attr->nres.evcn) + 1)
+ svcn = le64_to_cpu(attr->nres.svcn);
+ evcn = le64_to_cpu(attr->nres.evcn);
+ /* evcn == (u64)-1 is invalid on-disk VCN */
+ if (evcn == (u64)-1 || svcn > evcn + 1)
goto out;
data_size = le64_to_cpu(attr->nres.data_size);
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-27 3:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-24 2:46 [PATCH] fs/ntfs3: reject evcn == U64_MAX in mi_enum_attr() Zhan Xusheng
2026-04-24 9:20 ` David Laight
2026-04-24 13:20 ` Zhan Xusheng
2026-04-24 15:15 ` David Laight
2026-04-25 2:03 ` Zhan Xusheng
2026-04-25 10:42 ` David Laight
2026-04-27 3:47 ` Zhan Xusheng [this message]
2026-04-27 3:50 ` [PATCH v3] fs/ntfs3: reject invalid evcn == (u64)-1 " Zhan Xusheng
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