Re: [PATCH] ntfs3: Fix attr_punch_hole() null pointer derenference

From: Konstantin Komarov
Date: Fri Sep 30 2022 - 11:44:39 EST




On 8/15/22 14:07, Alon Zahavi wrote:
From: Alon Zahavi <zahavi.alon@xxxxxxxxx>

The bug occours due to a misuse of `attr` variable instead of `attr_b`.
`attr` is being initialized as NULL, then being derenfernced
as `attr->res.data_size`.

This bug causes a crash of the ntfs3 driver itself,
If compiled directly to the kernel, it crashes the whole system.

Signed-off-by: Alon Zahavi <zahavi.alon@xxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Tal Lossos <tallossos@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tal Lossos <tallossos@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ntfs3/attrib.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
index e8c00dda42ad..4e74bc8f01ed 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
@@ -1949,7 +1949,7 @@ int attr_punch_hole(struct ntfs_inode *ni, u64 vbo, u64 bytes, u32 *frame_size)
return -ENOENT;
if (!attr_b->non_res) {
- u32 data_size = le32_to_cpu(attr->res.data_size);
+ u32 data_size = le32_to_cpu(attr_b->res.data_size);
u32 from, to;
if (vbo > data_size)

Applied, thanks!