RE: [PATCH][next] fs/ntfs3: Fix integer overflow in multiplication

From: Konstantin Komarov
Date: Fri Aug 27 2021 - 12:11:30 EST


> From: Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2021 7:30 PM
> To: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; ntfs3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PATCH][next] fs/ntfs3: Fix integer overflow in multiplication
>
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The multiplication of the u32 data_size with a int is being performed
> using 32 bit arithmetic however the results is being assigned to the
> variable nbits that is a size_t (64 bit) value. Fix a potential
> integer overflow by casting the u32 value to a size_t before the
> multiply to use a size_t sized bit multiply operation.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unintentional integer overflow")
> Fixes: 82cae269cfa9 ("fs/ntfs3: Add initialization of super block")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ntfs3/index.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/index.c b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
> index 6aa9540ece47..9386c551e208 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs3/index.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
> @@ -2012,7 +2012,7 @@ static int indx_shrink(struct ntfs_index *indx, struct ntfs_inode *ni,
> unsigned long pos;
> const unsigned long *bm = resident_data(b);
>
> - nbits = le32_to_cpu(b->res.data_size) * 8;
> + nbits = (size_t)le32_to_cpu(b->res.data_size) * 8;
>
> if (bit >= nbits)
> return 0;
> --
> 2.32.0

Hi again, Colin! Applied, thanks.

Best regards,
Konstantin