This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled fs/ntfs3: fix deadlock in mark_as_free_ex to the 6.5-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-deadlock-in-mark_as_free_ex.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.5 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From bfbe5b31caa74ab97f1784fe9ade5f45e0d3de91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 16:22:53 +0400 Subject: fs/ntfs3: fix deadlock in mark_as_free_ex From: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit bfbe5b31caa74ab97f1784fe9ade5f45e0d3de91 upstream. Reported-by: syzbot+e94d98936a0ed08bde43@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c +++ b/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c @@ -2461,10 +2461,12 @@ void mark_as_free_ex(struct ntfs_sb_info { CLST end, i, zone_len, zlen; struct wnd_bitmap *wnd = &sbi->used.bitmap; + bool dirty = false; down_write_nested(&wnd->rw_lock, BITMAP_MUTEX_CLUSTERS); if (!wnd_is_used(wnd, lcn, len)) { - ntfs_set_state(sbi, NTFS_DIRTY_ERROR); + /* mark volume as dirty out of wnd->rw_lock */ + dirty = true; end = lcn + len; len = 0; @@ -2518,6 +2520,8 @@ void mark_as_free_ex(struct ntfs_sb_info out: up_write(&wnd->rw_lock); + if (dirty) + ntfs_set_state(sbi, NTFS_DIRTY_ERROR); } /* Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-6.5/fs-ntfs3-fix-oob-read-in-ntfs_init_from_boot.patch queue-6.5/fs-ntfs3-fix-deadlock-in-mark_as_free_ex.patch queue-6.5/fs-ntfs3-fix-panic-about-slab-out-of-bounds-caused-by-ntfs_list_ea.patch queue-6.5/fs-ntfs3-fix-shift-out-of-bounds-in-ntfs_fill_super.patch queue-6.5/fs-ntfs3-fix-possible-null-pointer-dereference-in-hdr_find_e.patch