[PATCH v4 6/6] ntfs: validate resident index root values on lookup

From: DaeMyung Kang

Date: Sat May 30 2026 - 10:40:51 EST


Resident $INDEX_ROOT values carry index header fields that callers
consume after lookup. Some callers already validate parts of the layout
before walking entries, but those checks are scattered and do not cover
all root header invariants, such as entries_offset alignment and lower
bound, index_length, and allocated_size consistency.

Now that ntfs_ir_truncate() updates index.allocated_size before
shrinking the resident value, lookup-time validation can cover these
header invariants without tripping over the driver shrink path.

Add $INDEX_ROOT to the minimum resident value size table and validate the
resident index header fields before returning the attribute from lookup.
Require 8-byte aligned index header fields, a sane entries_offset, an
index_length within allocated_size, allocated_size within the resident
value, and enough entry space for at least an index entry header.

Signed-off-by: DaeMyung Kang <charsyam@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ntfs/attrib.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
index 7e293b85ad19..437bf400a13a 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
@@ -588,6 +588,8 @@ static u32 ntfs_resident_attr_min_value_length(const __le32 type)
sizeof(__le16) * 1;
case AT_VOLUME_INFORMATION:
return sizeof(struct volume_information);
+ case AT_INDEX_ROOT:
+ return sizeof(struct index_root);
case AT_EA_INFORMATION:
return sizeof(struct ea_information);
default:
@@ -615,6 +617,31 @@ static bool ntfs_volume_name_attr_value_is_valid(const u32 value_length)
return value_length <= NTFS_MAX_LABEL_LEN * sizeof(__le16);
}

+static bool ntfs_index_root_attr_value_is_valid(const u8 *value, const u32 value_length)
+{
+ const struct index_root *ir;
+ u32 index_size;
+ u32 entries_offset;
+ u32 index_length;
+ u32 allocated_size;
+
+ ir = (const struct index_root *)value;
+ index_size = value_length - offsetof(struct index_root, index);
+ entries_offset = le32_to_cpu(ir->index.entries_offset);
+ index_length = le32_to_cpu(ir->index.index_length);
+ allocated_size = le32_to_cpu(ir->index.allocated_size);
+
+ if ((entries_offset | index_length | allocated_size) & 7 ||
+ entries_offset < sizeof(struct index_header) ||
+ entries_offset > index_length ||
+ index_length > allocated_size ||
+ allocated_size > index_size ||
+ index_length - entries_offset < sizeof(struct index_entry_header))
+ return false;
+
+ return true;
+}
+
struct ntfs_resident_attr_value {
const u8 *data;
u32 len;
@@ -688,6 +715,10 @@ static bool ntfs_attr_value_is_valid(struct ntfs_volume *vol,
if (!ntfs_volume_name_attr_value_is_valid(value.len))
goto corrupt;
break;
+ case AT_INDEX_ROOT:
+ if (!ntfs_index_root_attr_value_is_valid(value.data, value.len))
+ goto corrupt;
+ break;
}
return true;

--
2.43.0