Re: [PATCH] ntfs3: fix uninit memory after failed mi_read in mi_format_new

[David Hunter]

On 9/25/25 16:36, Raphael Pinsonneault-Thibeault wrote:

> -	} else if (mi_read(mi, is_mft)) {
> -		;
> -	} else if (rec->rhdr.sign == NTFS_FILE_SIGNATURE) {
> -		/* Record is reused. Update its sequence number. */
> -		seq = le16_to_cpu(rec->seq) + 1;
> -		if (!seq)
> -			seq = 1;
> +	} else {
> +		err = mi_read(mi, is_mft);
> +		if (err) {
> +			return err;
> +		}
> +
> +		if (rec->rhdr.sign == NTFS_FILE_SIGNATURE) {
> +			/* Record is reused. Update its sequence number. */
> +			seq = le16_to_cpu(rec->seq) + 1;
> +			if (!seq)
> +				seq = 1;
> +		}

How was this tested?