[PATCH 2/6] fs/ntfs3: zero stale pagecache beyond valid data length
From: Konstantin Komarov
Date: Tue May 26 2026 - 09:53:55 EST
Zero cached folios beyond the valid data length when closing a writable
mapping. This keeps cached data beyond initialized file contents zeroed
and prevents stale pagecache exposure after mmap-based writes.
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ntfs3/file.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/file.c b/fs/ntfs3/file.c
index f421a36b1ed6..2d1de3739ffe 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/file.c
@@ -323,18 +323,44 @@ static int ntfs_extend_initialized_size(struct file *file,
return 0;
}
+/* Zero pagecache after 'from'. */
+static void ntfs_zero_tail(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t from)
+{
+ struct folio_batch fbatch;
+ pgoff_t index = from >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ unsigned nr, i;
+
+ folio_batch_init(&fbatch);
+
+ nr = filemap_get_folios(mapping, &index, -1, &fbatch);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+ struct folio *folio = fbatch.folios[i];
+ u32 st = folio_pos(folio) < from ?
+ offset_in_folio(folio, from) :
+ 0;
+
+ folio_lock(folio);
+ folio_zero_segment(folio, st, folio_size(folio));
+
+ folio_unlock(folio);
+ }
+ folio_batch_release(&fbatch);
+}
+
static void ntfs_filemap_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
struct ntfs_inode *ni = ntfs_i(inode);
+ u64 i_size = i_size_read(inode);
u64 from = (u64)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
- u64 to = min_t(u64, i_size_read(inode),
- from + vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start);
+ u64 to = min(i_size, from + vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start);
if (ni->i_valid < to) {
ni->i_valid = to;
mark_inode_dirty(inode);
}
+ ntfs_zero_tail(inode->i_mapping, ni->i_valid);
}
/* Copy of generic_file_vm_ops. */
--
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