lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  owl-users  owl-dev  john-users  john-dev  passwdqc-users  yescrypt  popa3d-users  /  oss-security  kernel-hardening  musl  sabotage  tlsify  passwords  /  crypt-dev  xvendor  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4  linux-hardening  linux-cve-announce  PHC 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <93d571a1-ca88-4824-01db-3b16973627e0@paragon-software.com>
Date:   Mon, 8 May 2023 16:47:21 +0400
From:   Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@...agon-software.com>
To:     Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
CC:     <ntfs3@...ts.linux.dev>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: ntfs3: Fix a possible null-pointer dereference in
 ni_clear()

In a previous commit c1006bd13146, ni->mi.mrec in ni_write_inode()
> could be NULL, and thus a NULL check is added for this variable.
>
> However, in the same call stack, ni->mi.mrec can be also dereferenced
> in ni_clear():
>
> ntfs_evict_inode(inode)
>    ni_write_inode(inode, ...)
>      ni = ntfs_i(inode);
>      is_rec_inuse(ni->mi.mrec) -> Add a NULL check by previous commit
>    ni_clear(ntfs_i(inode))
>      is_rec_inuse(ni->mi.mrec) -> No check
>
> Thus, a possible null-pointer dereference may exist in ni_clear().
> To fix it, a NULL check is added in this function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
> Reported-by: TOTE Robot <oslab@...nghua.edu.cn>
> ---
>   fs/ntfs3/frecord.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
> index f1df52dfab74..046ec4179d75 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
> @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void ni_clear(struct ntfs_inode *ni)
>   {
>   	struct rb_node *node;
>   
> -	if (!ni->vfs_inode.i_nlink && is_rec_inuse(ni->mi.mrec))
> +	if (!ni->vfs_inode.i_nlink && ni->mi.mrec && is_rec_inuse(ni->mi.mrec))
>   		ni_delete_all(ni);
>   
>   	al_destroy(ni);

I apologize for the delayed response.

Thank you for your work, applied!

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Powered by Openwall GNU/*/Linux Powered by OpenVZ