From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: YangWen <anmuxixixi@gmail.com>,
syzbot+d77c546c60db651a389c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18.y 1/4] ntfs3: fix use-after-free of sbi->options in cmp_fnames
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:30:30 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261021152930.293677-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026102157-deuce-giblet-3fc8@gregkh>
From: YangWen <anmuxixixi@gmail.com>
[ Upstream commit 02f312754c873efe076888a2fdca982e56617929 ]
The root cause is that sbi->options points directly to fc->fs_private.
If fc->fs_private is freed while sbi still exists, sbi->options becomes
a dangling pointer.
This patch ensures that sbi->options is a separate copy of fc->fs_private
and duplicates nls_name if present. On superblock release or error,
sbi->options->nls_name and sbi->options are freed and sbi->options
is set to NULL to avoid any dangling pointer.
Reported-by: syzbot+d77c546c60db651a389c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: YangWen <anmuxixixi@gmail.com>
[almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com: remove syzbot logs from description]
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com>
Stable-dep-of: c01b091b0641 ("ntfs3: free the sbi after a grace period")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/ntfs3/super.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/super.c b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
index 346c52f952076..ec4bdaae14114 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
@@ -703,6 +703,14 @@ static void ntfs_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
/* Mark rw ntfs as clear, if possible. */
ntfs_set_state(sbi, NTFS_DIRTY_CLEAR);
+
+ if (sbi->options) {
+ unload_nls(sbi->options->nls);
+ kfree(sbi->options->nls);
+ kfree(sbi->options);
+ sbi->options = NULL;
+ }
+
ntfs3_put_sbi(sbi);
}
@@ -1221,7 +1229,8 @@ static int ntfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
int err;
struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi = sb->s_fs_info;
struct block_device *bdev = sb->s_bdev;
- struct ntfs_mount_options *options;
+ struct ntfs_mount_options *fc_opts;
+ struct ntfs_mount_options *options = NULL;
struct inode *inode;
struct ntfs_inode *ni;
size_t i, tt, bad_len, bad_frags;
@@ -1238,20 +1247,35 @@ static int ntfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
ref.high = 0;
sbi->sb = sb;
- sbi->options = options = fc->fs_private;
- fc->fs_private = NULL;
+ fc_opts = fc->fs_private;
+ if (!fc_opts) {
+ errorf(fc, "missing mount options");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ options = kmemdup(fc_opts, sizeof(*fc_opts), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!options)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ if (fc_opts->nls_name) {
+ options->nls_name = kstrdup(fc_opts->nls_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!options->nls_name) {
+ kfree(options);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+ }
+ sbi->options = options;
sb->s_flags |= SB_NODIRATIME;
sb->s_magic = 0x7366746e; // "ntfs"
sb->s_op = &ntfs_sops;
sb->s_export_op = &ntfs_export_ops;
sb->s_time_gran = NTFS_TIME_GRAN; // 100 nsec
sb->s_xattr = ntfs_xattr_handlers;
- set_default_d_op(sb, options->nocase ? &ntfs_dentry_ops : NULL);
+ set_default_d_op(sb, sbi->options->nocase ? &ntfs_dentry_ops : NULL);
- options->nls = ntfs_load_nls(options->nls_name);
- if (IS_ERR(options->nls)) {
- options->nls = NULL;
- errorf(fc, "Cannot load nls %s", options->nls_name);
+ sbi->options->nls = ntfs_load_nls(sbi->options->nls_name);
+ if (IS_ERR(sbi->options->nls)) {
+ sbi->options->nls = NULL;
+ errorf(fc, "Cannot load nls %s", fc_opts->nls_name);
err = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
@@ -1668,6 +1692,13 @@ static int ntfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
put_inode_out:
iput(inode);
out:
+ if (sbi && sbi->options) {
+ unload_nls(sbi->options->nls);
+ kfree(sbi->options->nls);
+ kfree(sbi->options);
+ sbi->options = NULL;
+ }
+
ntfs3_put_sbi(sbi);
kfree(boot2);
return err;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-21 15:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-21 14:38 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ntfs3: free the sbi after a grace period" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree gregkh
2026-10-21 15:30 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-10-21 15:30 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 2/4] ntfs3: fix double free of sbi->options->nls and clarify ownership of fc->fs_private Sasha Levin
2026-10-21 15:30 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 3/4] fs/ntfs3: fix ntfs_mount_options leak in ntfs_fill_super() Sasha Levin
2026-10-21 15:30 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 4/4] ntfs3: free the sbi after a grace period Sasha Levin
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