This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
fs/ntfs3: Fix possible deadlock in mi_read
to the 6.11-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-deadlock-in-mi_read.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.11 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 8a5d699b525b6b8e7ef62f82c1916c84a978494d
Author: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Aug 28 11:55:53 2024 +0300
fs/ntfs3: Fix possible deadlock in mi_read
[ Upstream commit 03b097099eef255fbf85ea6a786ae3c91b11f041 ]
Mutex lock with another subclass used in ni_lock_dir().
Reported-by: syzbot+bc7ca0ae4591cb2550f9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
index 0a70c36585463..02b745f117a51 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static struct dentry *ntfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
if (err < 0)
inode = ERR_PTR(err);
else {
- ni_lock(ni);
+ ni_lock_dir(ni);
inode = dir_search_u(dir, uni, NULL);
ni_unlock(ni);
}
