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From: syzbot <syzbot+3e58a7dc1a8c00243999@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com
Subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] ntfs3: prevent operations on NTFS system files
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 06:25:12 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <68ee4f38.050a0220.ac43.0105.GAE@google.com> (raw)
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Subject: [PATCH] ntfs3: prevent operations on NTFS system files
Author: kartikey406@gmail.com

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

Commit 4e8011ffec79 ("ntfs3: pretend $Extend records as regular files")
set the mode for $Extend records to S_IFREG to satisfy VFS requirements.
This made system metadata files appear as regular files, allowing
operations like truncate to be attempted on them.

NTFS system files (inode numbers below MFT_REC_FREE) should not have
their size modified by userspace as this can corrupt the filesystem.
Additionally, the run_lock was not initialized for $Extend records,
causing lockdep warnings when such operations were attempted.

Fix both issues by:
1. Initializing run_lock for $Extend records to prevent crashes
2. Blocking size-change operations on all NTFS system files to prevent
   filesystem corruption

Reported-by: syzbot+3e58a7dc1a8c00243999@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 4e8011ffec79 ("ntfs3: pretend $Extend records as regular files")
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
 fs/ntfs3/file.c  | 6 +++++-
 fs/ntfs3/inode.c | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/file.c b/fs/ntfs3/file.c
index 4c90ec2fa2ea..c5b2bddb0cee 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/file.c
@@ -792,7 +792,11 @@ int ntfs_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
 		loff_t newsize, oldsize;
-
+		/* Prevent size changes on NTFS system files */
+		if (ni->mi.rno < MFT_REC_FREE) {
+			err = -EPERM;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if (WARN_ON(ni->ni_flags & NI_FLAG_COMPRESSED_MASK)) {
 			/* Should never be here, see ntfs_file_open(). */
 			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index 3959f23c487a..180cd984339b 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ static struct inode *ntfs_read_mft(struct inode *inode,
 		/* Records in $Extend are not a files or general directories. */
 		inode->i_op = &ntfs_file_inode_operations;
 		mode = S_IFREG;
+		init_rwsem(&ni->file.run_lock);
 	} else {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-10-14 13:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-13 21:58 [syzbot] [ntfs3?] INFO: trying to register non-static key in ntfs_setattr syzbot
2025-10-14  6:41 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] ntfs3: initialize run_lock for MFT inode in ntfs_read_mft syzbot
2025-10-14  7:38 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] ntfs3: prevent MFT inode resize operations syzbot
2025-10-14  9:06 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] ntfs3: add debug warnings for run_lock initialization syzbot
2025-10-14  9:43 ` syzbot
2025-10-14 10:09 ` syzbot
2025-10-14 11:02 ` syzbot
2025-10-14 11:49 ` syzbot
2025-10-16 17:58   ` Dan Carpenter
2025-10-14 12:53 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] ntfs3: initialize run_lock for $Extend inode records syzbot
2025-10-14 13:25 ` syzbot [this message]
2026-01-02  4:59 ` [syzbot] [ntfs3?] INFO: trying to register non-static key in ntfs_setattr syzbot
2026-01-02  5:17   ` Tetsuo Handa

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