On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 05:15:13PM -0700, Soumya Negi wrote: > Fix Syzbot bug: kernel BUG in ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=32cf53b48c1846ffc25a185a2e92e170d1a95d71 > > Check whether $Extend is a directory or not( for NTFS3.0+) while > loading system files. If it isn't(as in the case of this bug where the > mft record for $Extend contains a regular file), load_system_files() > returns false. > > Reported-by: syzbot+30b7f850c6d98ea461d2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.9+ > Signed-off-by: Soumya Negi <soumya.negi97@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Changes since v1: > * Added CC tag for stable > * Formatted changelog to fit within 72 cols > > --- > fs/ntfs/super.c | 9 +++++++-- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/ntfs/super.c b/fs/ntfs/super.c > index 5ae8de09b271..18e2902531f9 100644 > --- a/fs/ntfs/super.c > +++ b/fs/ntfs/super.c > @@ -2092,10 +2092,15 @@ static bool load_system_files(ntfs_volume *vol) > // TODO: Initialize security. > /* Get the extended system files' directory inode. */ > vol->extend_ino = ntfs_iget(sb, FILE_Extend); > - if (IS_ERR(vol->extend_ino) || is_bad_inode(vol->extend_ino)) { > + if (IS_ERR(vol->extend_ino) || is_bad_inode(vol->extend_ino) || > + !S_ISDIR(vol->extend_ino->i_mode)) { > + static const char *es1 = "$Extend is not a directory"; > + static const char *es2 = "Failed to load $Extend"; > + const char *es = !S_ISDIR(vol->extend_ino->i_mode) ? es1 : es2; > + > if (!IS_ERR(vol->extend_ino)) > iput(vol->extend_ino); > - ntfs_error(sb, "Failed to load $Extend."); > + ntfs_error(sb, "%s.", es); > goto iput_sec_err_out; > } > #ifdef NTFS_RW > -- > 2.17.1 Hi Anton, Have you had a chance to look at this patch? Thanks, Soumya