Re: [PATCH] ntfs: fix off-by-one page overflow in ntfs_decompress()
From: Hyunchul Lee
Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 03:27:55 EST
2026년 8월 18일 (화) 오전 12:18, Dennis Tighe <dennis.tighe@xxxxxxxxx>님이 작성:
>
> The per-token range check in ntfs_decompress() uses
>
> if (cb >= cb_sb_end || dp_addr > dp_sb_end)
> break;
>
> so dp_addr == dp_sb_end falls through to the symbol copy
> `*dp_addr++ = *cb++`, writing one byte past the destination page. Since
> NTFS_SB_SIZE == PAGE_SIZE the destination is a single page, so the byte
> lands in the adjacent page, and *dest_ofs is left one past the sub-block
> end (the later `*dest_ofs &= ~PAGE_MASK` then yields 1, not 0, so the page
> is never finalized and later sub-blocks keep writing further past it). A
> corrupted compressed $DATA attribute then produces a bounded run of
> out-of-bounds writes when the file is read.
>
> The fix is to break as soon as dp_addr reaches dp_sb_end; a full
> sub-block still completes, as its final copy advances dp_addr to exactly
> dp_sb_end.
>
> Fixes: 1e9ea7e04472 ("Revert \"fs: Remove NTFS classic\"")
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
> Signed-off-by: Dennis Tighe <dennis.tighe@xxxxxxxxx>
This patch looks good to me, but I could not
apply this patch:
warning: Patch sent with format=flowed; space at
the end of lines might be lost.
Could you send this patch again?
Reviewed-by: Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Reproducer is available on request if needed for validation. I was able to
> craft an imagine that would exercise this scenario leading to KASAN UAF
> errors on read-only mounts.
>
> fs/ntfs/compress.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs/compress.c b/fs/ntfs/compress.c
> index 76bd806b41e..dc5ad951dc6 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs/compress.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs/compress.c
> @@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static int ntfs_decompress(struct page
> *dest_pages[], int completed_pages[],
> u8 *dp_back_addr;
>
> /* Check if we are done / still in range. */
> - if (cb >= cb_sb_end || dp_addr > dp_sb_end)
> + if (cb >= cb_sb_end || dp_addr >= dp_sb_end)
> break;
>
> /* Determine token type and parse appropriately.*/
> --
> 2.47.3
>
>
--
Thanks,
Hyunchul