[PATCH] ntfs3: fix out-of-bounds read in decompress_lznt

From: Tristan Madani

Date: Sat Apr 18 2026 - 09:11:57 EST


From: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

decompress_lznt() does not validate array index bounds before accessing
the decompression table. A corrupted NTFS3 image with invalid compressed
data can trigger an out-of-bounds read.

Add index bounds checking to prevent the OOB access.

Reported-by: syzbot+39b2fb0f2638669008ec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ntfs3/lznt.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/lznt.c b/fs/ntfs3/lznt.c
index fdc9b2ebf3410..f818d97850049 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/lznt.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/lznt.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static inline ssize_t decompress_chunk(u8 *unc, u8 *unc_end, const u8 *cmpr,
if (up - unc > LZNT_CHUNK_SIZE)
return -EINVAL;
/* Correct index */
- while (unc + s_max_off[index] < up)
+ while (index < ARRAY_SIZE(s_max_off) - 1 && unc + s_max_off[index] < up)
index += 1;

/* Check the current flag for zero. */
--
2.47.3