On Wed, 3 May 2023 11:16:02 +0700 Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 07, 2023 at 07:44:33PM +0000, Danila Chernetsov wrote: > > 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. > > Duplicate of 10-years-old outstanding patch at [1]. Well, the patches are actually quite different. Is Danila's longer one better? > I'm not speaking of the patch itself but rather on unfortunate state > of ntfs subsystem. It seems like the maintainer is MIA (has not > responding to patch submissions for a long time). Some trivial > patches, however, are merged through mm tree. > > Konstantin (from newer ntfs3 subsystem), Andrew, would you like to take a > look on this orphaned subsystem (and help reviewing)? I'd like to send > MAINTAINERS update if it turns out to be the case. > Sure, I can join linux-ntfs-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and hendle things which come along. Or Christian may want to do that? > > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/1358389709-20561-1-git-send-email-nickolai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
