Re: [PATCH] ntfs: do not dereference a null ctx on error

From: Namjae Jeon
Date: Fri May 05 2023 - 20:52:54 EST


2023-04-08 4:44 GMT+09:00, Danila Chernetsov <listdansp@xxxxxxx>:
> In ntfs_mft_data_extend_allocation_nolock(), if an error condition occurs
> prior to 'ctx' being set to a non-NULL value, avoid dereferencing the NULL
> 'ctx' pointer in error handling.
Please check the warnings from checkpatch.pl.

ERROR: trailing whitespace
#107: FILE: fs/ntfs/mft.c:1958:
+^I$

ERROR: "(foo*)" should be "(foo *)"
#118: FILE: fs/ntfs/mft.c:1967:
+ if (ntfs_mapping_pairs_build(vol, (u8*)a + le16_to_cpu(

ERROR: else should follow close brace '}'
#146: FILE: fs/ntfs/mft.c:1984:
}
+ else if (IS_ERR(ctx->mrec)) {

>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Signed-off-by: Danila Chernetsov <listdansp@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ntfs/mft.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs/mft.c b/fs/ntfs/mft.c
> index 48030899dc6e..e1126ce6f8ec 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs/mft.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs/mft.c
> @@ -1955,36 +1955,40 @@ static int
> ntfs_mft_data_extend_allocation_nolock(ntfs_volume *vol)
> "attribute.%s", es);
> NVolSetErrors(vol);
> }
> - a = ctx->attr;
> +
> if (ntfs_rl_truncate_nolock(vol, &mft_ni->runlist, old_last_vcn)) {
> ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to truncate mft data attribute "
> "runlist.%s", es);
> NVolSetErrors(vol);
> }
> - if (mp_rebuilt && !IS_ERR(ctx->mrec)) {
> - if (ntfs_mapping_pairs_build(vol, (u8*)a + le16_to_cpu(
> + if (ctx) {
> + a = ctx->attr;
> + if (mp_rebuilt && !IS_ERR(ctx->mrec)) {
> + if (ntfs_mapping_pairs_build(vol, (u8*)a + le16_to_cpu(
> a->data.non_resident.mapping_pairs_offset),
> old_alen - le16_to_cpu(
> - a->data.non_resident.mapping_pairs_offset),
> + a->data.non_resident.mapping_pairs_offset),
> rl2, ll, -1, NULL)) {
> - ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to restore mapping pairs "
> + ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to restore mapping pairs "
> "array.%s", es);
> - NVolSetErrors(vol);
> - }
> - if (ntfs_attr_record_resize(ctx->mrec, a, old_alen)) {
> - ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to restore attribute "
> + NVolSetErrors(vol);
> + }
> + if (ntfs_attr_record_resize(ctx->mrec, a, old_alen)) {
> + ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to restore attribute "
> "record.%s", es);
> - NVolSetErrors(vol);
> + NVolSetErrors(vol);
> + }
> + flush_dcache_mft_record_page(ctx->ntfs_ino);
> + mark_mft_record_dirty(ctx->ntfs_ino);
> }
> - flush_dcache_mft_record_page(ctx->ntfs_ino);
> - mark_mft_record_dirty(ctx->ntfs_ino);
> - } else if (IS_ERR(ctx->mrec)) {
> - ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to restore attribute search "
> + else if (IS_ERR(ctx->mrec)) {
> + ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to restore attribute search "
> "context.%s", es);
> - NVolSetErrors(vol);
> + NVolSetErrors(vol);
> + }
> + if (ctx)
> + ntfs_attr_put_search_ctx(ctx);
> }
> - if (ctx)
> - ntfs_attr_put_search_ctx(ctx);
> if (!IS_ERR(mrec))
> unmap_mft_record(mft_ni);
> up_write(&mft_ni->runlist.lock);
> --
> 2.25.1
>
>