[PATCH v4] fs/ntfs3: reject out-of-range evcn in mi_enum_attr()

From: fra-build

Date: Fri May 15 2026 - 04:25:53 EST


From: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xxxxxxxxxx>

In mi_enum_attr(), the start/end VCN validation for non-resident
attributes is:

if (svcn > evcn + 1) goto out;

When evcn is U64_MAX the "evcn + 1" expression wraps to 0 and any
svcn passes the check. For evcn values close to U64_MAX (but not
equal to it) the right-hand side is still a meaningless near-wrap
upper bound, so a malformed on-disk attribute with svcn == 0 and
evcn near U64_MAX can pass mi_enum_attr() unrejected.

VCN (virtual cluster number) is a cluster index, so any valid evcn
is bounded by the volume's total cluster count, which ntfs3 holds
in sbi->used.bitmap.nbits (set up in ntfs_init_from_boot() before
any caller of mi_enum_attr() runs). Reject evcn values that fall
outside this range; this rejects all out-of-range evcn values,
not just U64_MAX, and as a side effect prevents the "evcn + 1"
wraparound entirely.

Fixes: 013ff63b6494 ("fs/ntfs3: Add more attributes checks in mi_enum_attr()")
Signed-off-by: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ntfs3/record.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/record.c b/fs/ntfs3/record.c
index 32bdb034c2a3..4379446bcf96 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/record.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/record.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ struct ATTRIB *mi_enum_attr(struct ntfs_inode *ni, struct mft_inode *mi,
u32 used = le32_to_cpu(rec->used);
u32 t32, off, asize, prev_type;
u16 t16;
- u64 data_size, alloc_size, tot_size;
+ u64 svcn, evcn, data_size, alloc_size, tot_size;

if (!attr) {
u32 total = le32_to_cpu(rec->total);
@@ -310,8 +310,17 @@ struct ATTRIB *mi_enum_attr(struct ntfs_inode *ni, struct mft_inode *mi,
if (t32 && le16_to_cpu(attr->name_off) + t32 > t16)
goto out;

- /* Check start/end vcn. */
- if (le64_to_cpu(attr->nres.svcn) > le64_to_cpu(attr->nres.evcn) + 1)
+ /*
+ * Check start/end vcn. evcn must be a valid cluster index, i.e.
+ * less than the volume's total cluster count (sbi->used.bitmap.nbits);
+ * rejecting it here also keeps "svcn > evcn + 1" meaningful, since
+ * evcn == U64_MAX would wrap "evcn + 1" to 0. svcn does not need
+ * its own bound: once evcn < nbits, "svcn > evcn + 1" implies
+ * svcn <= nbits.
+ */
+ svcn = le64_to_cpu(attr->nres.svcn);
+ evcn = le64_to_cpu(attr->nres.evcn);
+ if (evcn >= mi->sbi->used.bitmap.nbits || svcn > evcn + 1)
goto out;

data_size = le64_to_cpu(attr->nres.data_size);
--
2.43.0