This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled fs/ntfs3: Add ckeck in ni_update_parent() to the 5.15-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-add-ckeck-in-ni_update_parent.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit e6c32ce1ded7c6df4be58c2165909db8e5ed6f6a Author: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri Jun 30 15:52:19 2023 +0400 fs/ntfs3: Add ckeck in ni_update_parent() [ Upstream commit 87d1888aa40f25773fa0b948bcb2545f97e2cb15 ] Check simple case when parent inode equals current inode. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c index 9a1744955d1cf..73a56d7ac84b7 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c +++ b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c @@ -3144,6 +3144,12 @@ static bool ni_update_parent(struct ntfs_inode *ni, struct NTFS_DUP_INFO *dup, if (!fname || !memcmp(&fname->dup, dup, sizeof(fname->dup))) continue; + /* Check simple case when parent inode equals current inode. */ + if (ino_get(&fname->home) == ni->vfs_inode.i_ino) { + ntfs_set_state(sbi, NTFS_DIRTY_ERROR); + continue; + } + /* ntfs_iget5 may sleep. */ dir = ntfs_iget5(sb, &fname->home, NULL); if (IS_ERR(dir)) {