[PATCH v2 0/3] ntfs: three fixes for crafted images, found by fuzzing
From: Wahid Khan
Date: Fri Nov 06 2026 - 07:53:11 EST
I fuzz the new fs/ntfs driver with mutated images: an image from mkntfs
populated with ntfs-3g, a few bytes changed, then mount, walk the tree
and write, under KASAN. These three problems are still present in
ntfs-next (e62b384ca). Each patch has its trace and reproduction steps.
1. ntfs: do not read an index block outside $INDEX_ALLOCATION
A directory without a usable $INDEX_ALLOCATION hangs on its first
lookup. The task waits for an mft record lock that it already holds.
2. ntfs: open the index allocation before reading or writing an index block
NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_ib_write() on link().
3. ntfs: do not convert a named $DATA stream when making room in a record
WARN_ON() in ntfs_attr_make_non_resident(); no damaged volume needed.
All three need an image to be mounted, so a crafted image, not a remote
attacker.
Changes in v2, after an automated review of v1 that I checked by hand:
- 2/3: ntfs_ia_open() also succeeds for a directory without
$INDEX_ALLOCATION and returns an empty resident inode. Reject an index
inode that is not non-resident, as 1/3 already does.
- 3/3: v1 opened the named stream and converted it. That would lock the
stream's folio under the mft record lock, the reverse of the read
path (ntfs_read_iomap_begin_resident()). v2 skips named streams in
that loop instead.
- 1/3: unchanged.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261106091420.2461683-1-wahidzk0091@xxxxxxxxx/
Wahid Khan (3):
ntfs: do not read an index block outside $INDEX_ALLOCATION
ntfs: open the index allocation before reading or writing an index
block
ntfs: do not convert a named $DATA stream when making room in a record
fs/ntfs/attrib.c | 6 ++++++
fs/ntfs/dir.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
fs/ntfs/index.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
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2.53.0