[PATCH] fs/ntfs3: fix memory leak in ntfs_fill_super()

From: Konstantin Komarov

Date: Thu Dec 11 2025 - 08:51:36 EST


ntfs_fill_super() assigns fc->fs_private to a newly allocated options
structure earlier in the mount path. At the end of a successful mount, the
code set fc->fs_private = NULL, which prevented the vfs from freeing this
memory during mount context cleanup. As a result, the options structure
was leaked.

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ntfs3/super.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/super.c b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
index a641d474c782..38d82e46171a 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
@@ -1252,7 +1252,6 @@ static int ntfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
}
}
sbi->options = options;
- fc->fs_private = NULL;
sb->s_flags |= SB_NODIRATIME;
sb->s_magic = 0x7366746e; // "ntfs"
sb->s_op = &ntfs_sops;
--
2.43.0