linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs: ntfs3: Fix possible null-pointer dereferences in mi

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Date:   Tue, 21 Mar 2023 21:22:11 +0800
From:   Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju@...a.edu.cn>
To:     almaz.alexandrovich@...agon-software.com
Cc:     ntfs3@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju@...a.edu.cn>
Subject: [PATCH] fs: ntfs3: Fix possible null-pointer dereferences in mi_read()

In a previous commit 2681631c2973 ("fs/ntfs3: Add null pointer check to
attr_load_runs_vcn"), ni can be NULL in attr_load_runs_vcn(), and thus it
should be checked before being used.

However, in the call stack of this commit, mft_ni in mi_read() is
aliased with ni in attr_load_runs_vcn(), and it is also used in
mi_read() at two places:

mi_read()
  rw_lock = &mft_ni->file.run_lock -> No check
  attr_load_runs_vcn(mft_ni, ...)
    ni (namely mft_ni) is checked in the previous commit
  attr_load_runs_vcn(..., &mft_ni->file.run) -> No check

Thus, to avoid possible null-pointer dereferences, the related checks
should be added.

These bugs are reported by a static analysis tool implemented by myself,
and they are found by extending a known bug fixed in the previous commit.
Thus, they could be theoretical bugs.

Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju@...a.edu.cn>
---
 fs/ntfs3/record.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/record.c b/fs/ntfs3/record.c
index defce6a5c8e1..dfa1fed9c0d9 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/record.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/record.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ int mi_read(struct mft_inode *mi, bool is_mft)
 	struct rw_semaphore *rw_lock = NULL;
 
 	if (is_mounted(sbi)) {
-		if (!is_mft) {
+		if (!is_mft && mft_ni) {
 			rw_lock = &mft_ni->file.run_lock;
 			down_read(rw_lock);
 		}
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ int mi_read(struct mft_inode *mi, bool is_mft)
 		ni_lock(mft_ni);
 		down_write(rw_lock);
 	}
-	err = attr_load_runs_vcn(mft_ni, ATTR_DATA, NULL, 0, &mft_ni->file.run,
+	err = attr_load_runs_vcn(mft_ni, ATTR_DATA, NULL, 0, run,
 				 vbo >> sbi->cluster_bits);
 	if (rw_lock) {
 		up_write(rw_lock);
-- 
2.34.1