The patch titled Subject: ntfs-fix-use-after-free-in-ntfs_ucsncmp-v3-checkpatch-fixes has been added to the -mm mm-hotfixes-unstable branch. Its filename is ntfs-fix-use-after-free-in-ntfs_ucsncmp-v3-checkpatch-fixes.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/ntfs-fix-use-after-free-in-ntfs_ucsncmp-v3-checkpatch-fixes.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-hotfixes-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ntfs-fix-use-after-free-in-ntfs_ucsncmp-v3-checkpatch-fixes Date: Mon Jul 11 01:42:02 PM PDT 2022 ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible #27: FILE: fs/ntfs/attrib.c:598: +^I^I a->name_length * sizeof(ntfschar);$ total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 8 lines checked NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace. NOTE: Whitespace errors detected. You may wish to use scripts/cleanpatch or scripts/cleanfile ./patches/ntfs-fix-use-after-free-in-ntfs_ucsncmp-v3.patch has style problems, please review. NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS. Please run checkpatch prior to sending patches Cc: ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong2@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ntfs/attrib.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c~ntfs-fix-use-after-free-in-ntfs_ucsncmp-v3-checkpatch-fixes +++ a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c @@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ static int ntfs_attr_find(const ATTR_TYP u8 *mrec_end = (u8 *)ctx->mrec + le32_to_cpu(ctx->mrec->bytes_allocated); u8 *name_end = (u8 *)a + le16_to_cpu(a->name_offset) + - a->name_length * sizeof(ntfschar); + a->name_length * sizeof(ntfschar); if ((u8*)a < (u8*)ctx->mrec || (u8*)a > mrec_end || name_end > mrec_end) break; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are ntfs-fix-use-after-free-in-ntfs_ucsncmp-v3-checkpatch-fixes.patch android-binder-stop-saving-a-pointer-to-the-vma-fix.patch mm-remove-the-vma-linked-list-fix-2-fix.patch mm-drop-oom-code-from-exit_mmap-fix-fix.patch mm-add-merging-after-mremap-resize-checkpatch-fixes.patch mm-factor-helpers-for-memory_failure_dev_pagemap-fix.patch xfs-support-cow-in-fsdax-mode-fix.patch mm-thp-kill-transparent_hugepage_active-fix.patch mm-thp-kill-transparent_hugepage_active-fix-fix.patch mm-page_alloc-protect-pcp-lists-with-a-spinlock-fix.patch