Re: [PATCH] ntfs: fix incorrect MFT record pointer passed to ntfs_attr_record_resize
From: Hyunchul Lee
Date: Tue Aug 25 2026 - 00:36:52 EST
2026년 8월 24일 (월) 오후 2:41, Hongling Zeng <zenghongling@xxxxxxxxxx>님이 작성:
>
> ntfs_new_attr_flags() passes the wrong MFT record to ntfs_attr_record_resize().
> When the attribute is in an extent record, ctx->mrec points to the extent
> but the function receives the base record pointer m, causing incorrect
> size calculations in memmove.
>
> Fix by passing ctx->mrec (the actual MFT record containing the attribute)
> instead of m (the base MFT record) to ntfs_attr_record_resize().
>
> Fixes: fc053f05ca28 ("ntfs: add reparse and ea operations")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Hongling Zeng <zenghongling@xxxxxxxxxx>
Looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ntfs/ea.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs/ea.c b/fs/ntfs/ea.c
> index 44252f2c2ca6..534f7efaf128 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs/ea.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs/ea.c
> @@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ static int ntfs_new_attr_flags(struct ntfs_inode *ni, __le32 fattr)
> memmove((u8 *)a + mp_ofs, (u8 *)a + old_mp_ofs, mp_size);
> }
>
> - err = ntfs_attr_record_resize(m, a, arec_size);
> + err = ntfs_attr_record_resize(ctx->mrec, a, arec_size);
> if (unlikely(err))
> goto err_out;
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>
--
Thanks,
Hyunchul