This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled fs: ntfs3: Fix possible null-pointer dereferences in mi_read() to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: fs-ntfs3-fix-possible-null-pointer-dereferences-in-m.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 344458b6a9215d0aa365b4ffb2d809aab9af101c Author: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue Mar 21 21:22:11 2023 +0800 fs: ntfs3: Fix possible null-pointer dereferences in mi_read() [ Upstream commit 97498cd610c0d030a7bd49a7efad974790661162 ] In a previous commit 2681631c2973 ("fs/ntfs3: Add null pointer check to attr_load_runs_vcn"), ni can be NULL in attr_load_runs_vcn(), and thus it should be checked before being used. However, in the call stack of this commit, mft_ni in mi_read() is aliased with ni in attr_load_runs_vcn(), and it is also used in mi_read() at two places: mi_read() rw_lock = &mft_ni->file.run_lock -> No check attr_load_runs_vcn(mft_ni, ...) ni (namely mft_ni) is checked in the previous commit attr_load_runs_vcn(..., &mft_ni->file.run) -> No check Thus, to avoid possible null-pointer dereferences, the related checks should be added. These bugs are reported by a static analysis tool implemented by myself, and they are found by extending a known bug fixed in the previous commit. Thus, they could be theoretical bugs. Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/record.c b/fs/ntfs3/record.c index af1e4b364ea8e..07037ec773ac8 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs3/record.c +++ b/fs/ntfs3/record.c @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ int mi_read(struct mft_inode *mi, bool is_mft) struct rw_semaphore *rw_lock = NULL; if (is_mounted(sbi)) { - if (!is_mft) { + if (!is_mft && mft_ni) { rw_lock = &mft_ni->file.run_lock; down_read(rw_lock); } @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ int mi_read(struct mft_inode *mi, bool is_mft) ni_lock(mft_ni); down_write(rw_lock); } - err = attr_load_runs_vcn(mft_ni, ATTR_DATA, NULL, 0, &mft_ni->file.run, + err = attr_load_runs_vcn(mft_ni, ATTR_DATA, NULL, 0, run, vbo >> sbi->cluster_bits); if (rw_lock) { up_write(rw_lock);