[lvc-project] [PATCH] ntfs: do not dereference a null ctx on error

[Namjae Jeon]

2023-04-08 4:44 GMT+09:00, Danila Chernetsov <listdansp at mail.ru>:
> In ntfs_mft_data_extend_allocation_nolock(), if an error condition occurs
> prior to 'ctx' being set to a non-NULL value, avoid dereferencing the NULL
> 'ctx' pointer in error handling.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Signed-off-by: Danila Chernetsov <listdansp at mail.ru>
> ---
>  fs/ntfs/mft.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs/mft.c b/fs/ntfs/mft.c
> index 48030899dc6e..e1126ce6f8ec 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs/mft.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs/mft.c
> @@ -1955,36 +1955,40 @@ static int
> ntfs_mft_data_extend_allocation_nolock(ntfs_volume *vol)
>  				"attribute.%s", es);
>  		NVolSetErrors(vol);
>  	}
> -	a = ctx->attr;
> +	
>  	if (ntfs_rl_truncate_nolock(vol, &mft_ni->runlist, old_last_vcn)) {
>  		ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to truncate mft data attribute "
>  				"runlist.%s", es);
>  		NVolSetErrors(vol);
>  	}
> -	if (mp_rebuilt && !IS_ERR(ctx->mrec)) {
> -		if (ntfs_mapping_pairs_build(vol, (u8*)a + le16_to_cpu(
> +	if (ctx) {
> +		a = ctx->attr;
> +		if (mp_rebuilt && !IS_ERR(ctx->mrec)) {
> +			if (ntfs_mapping_pairs_build(vol, (u8*)a + le16_to_cpu(
>  				a->data.non_resident.mapping_pairs_offset),
>  				old_alen - le16_to_cpu(
> -				a->data.non_resident.mapping_pairs_offset),
> +					a->data.non_resident.mapping_pairs_offset),
>  				rl2, ll, -1, NULL)) {
> -			ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to restore mapping pairs "
> +				ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to restore mapping pairs "
>  					"array.%s", es);
> -			NVolSetErrors(vol);
> -		}
> -		if (ntfs_attr_record_resize(ctx->mrec, a, old_alen)) {
> -			ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to restore attribute "
> +				NVolSetErrors(vol);
> +			}
> +			if (ntfs_attr_record_resize(ctx->mrec, a, old_alen)) {
> +				ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to restore attribute "
>  					"record.%s", es);
> -			NVolSetErrors(vol);
> +				NVolSetErrors(vol);
> +			}
> +			flush_dcache_mft_record_page(ctx->ntfs_ino);
> +			mark_mft_record_dirty(ctx->ntfs_ino);
>  		}
> -		flush_dcache_mft_record_page(ctx->ntfs_ino);
> -		mark_mft_record_dirty(ctx->ntfs_ino);
> -	} else if (IS_ERR(ctx->mrec)) {
> -		ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to restore attribute search "
> +		else if (IS_ERR(ctx->mrec)) {
> +			ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to restore attribute search "
>  				"context.%s", es);
> -		NVolSetErrors(vol);
> +			NVolSetErrors(vol);
> +		}
> +		if (ctx)
I think that this check is not needed.
> +			ntfs_attr_put_search_ctx(ctx);
>  	}
> -	if (ctx)
> -		ntfs_attr_put_search_ctx(ctx);
>  	if (!IS_ERR(mrec))
>  		unmap_mft_record(mft_ni);
>  	up_write(&mft_ni->runlist.lock);
> --
> 2.25.1
>
>