From: DaeMyung Kang <charsyam@gmail.com>
To: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>, Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
DaeMyung Kang <charsyam@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] ntfs: validate resident attribute values on lookup
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 22:31:52 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260526133152.1205929-1-charsyam@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMrLSE5izyWrP=t3_7UWjKJTd296fBrdoHZBW3DMMCzwPY9v-Q@mail.gmail.com>
ntfs_attr_find() and ntfs_external_attr_find() check that generic
resident attribute values fit in their attribute records and that
fixed-size resident values are large enough. For variable-length resident
formats, however, the fixed part is not enough: embedded length fields
can still point callers past the resident value.
A crafted image can set a small resident $FILE_NAME value_length while
leaving file_name_length large. Callers then trust file_name_length and
read past the resident value when converting or comparing the name. This
was reproduced with a crafted image under KASAN as a slab-out-of-bounds
read from the kmalloc-1k MFT record copy. The stack included
ntfs_lookup(), ntfs_iget(), ntfs_read_locked_inode(), ntfs_attr_name_get(),
ntfs_ucstonls(), and utf16s_to_utf8s().
Add a shared resident attribute value validator and use it before a
lookup path can return an attribute, including the AT_UNUSED enumeration
case where callers inspect returned attributes directly. The helper
validates resident value bounds, minimum value sizes, and the
variable-length $FILE_NAME field, while preserving the fixed-size checks
for attributes such as $VOLUME_INFORMATION and $EA_INFORMATION. Log
corruption at the rejection point with the attribute name where known.
Reject non-resident $FILE_NAME records too: the format requires
$FILE_NAME to be resident and callers treat returned records as
resident.
Type-specific format validation for $VOLUME_NAME is intentionally not
added to this helper, even though $VOLUME_NAME is a variable-length
resident attribute. Existing callers such as ntfs_write_volume_label()
treat a failed AT_VOLUME_NAME lookup as an absent label and
unconditionally add a new record afterwards. If the helper rejected
odd-length labels at lookup time, the corrupt record would stay in
place and the caller would append a new record next to it, producing
two $VOLUME_NAME attributes on disk. Caller-side cleanup must precede
any lookup-time rejection of malformed $VOLUME_NAME payloads, so the
type-specific check is left for a follow-up patch. The generic resident
bounds checks (value_offset / value_length / attr_len) still apply to
$VOLUME_NAME, and its entry in the type-name table is kept so that
those failures log with the attribute name.
Do not add $INDEX_ROOT-specific value validation in this change. Testing
with stricter checks showed an existing ntfs_ir_truncate() shrink
ordering bug: the resident value_length is shrunk before the root index
allocated_size is updated, so a relookup can observe allocated_size
beyond the now-smaller resident value and fail. Fix that ordering before
adding the $INDEX_ROOT-specific minimum-size and structural checks.
Fixes: 6ceb4cc81ef3 ("ntfs: add bound checking to ntfs_attr_find")
Signed-off-by: DaeMyung Kang <charsyam@gmail.com>
---
Patch 1/2 of the previous series ("ntfs: free link name from
ntfs_name_cache") has been applied to ntfs-next; this v3 contains only
the remaining patch, with the resident attribute validation reworked per
review feedback.
Changes since v2:
- Drop $INDEX_ROOT-specific validation from this patch, including both
the minimum-size table entry and the structural checks. QEMU testing
with xfstests generic/001 showed that those checks expose an existing
ntfs_ir_truncate() shrink ordering bug, where value_length is reduced
before allocated_size is synchronized. The same test passes when
allocated_size is lowered before shrinking value_length, with the
$INDEX_ROOT-specific validation enabled. That ordering issue will be
fixed in a separate patch, after which the $INDEX_ROOT-specific
validation can be reintroduced in a follow-up.
Changes since v1:
- Refactor resident attribute validation into a shared helper
ntfs_attr_value_is_valid() used by both ntfs_attr_find() and
ntfs_external_attr_find(), and remove the duplicated inline check
from ntfs_external_attr_find().
- Split out resident header/value bounds extraction into
ntfs_resident_attr_value_get(), returning a small view struct so the
top-level orchestration reads as: get view -> common min check ->
per-type format check.
- Validate before the AT_UNUSED enumeration path in ntfs_attr_find()
can return the attribute to callers that inspect it directly.
- Reject non-resident $FILE_NAME records: the format requires
$FILE_NAME to be resident and callers treat returned records as
resident.
- Type-specific format validation for $VOLUME_NAME is intentionally
not added; see the commit message for the caller-side reason.
Generic resident bounds checks still apply, and the $VOLUME_NAME
entry in the type-name table is kept so that those failures log
with a readable attribute name.
- Log corruption at the rejection point with the attribute type name
via a new ntfs_attr_type_name() helper, matching the existing
attribute-name corruption message in ntfs_attr_find().
fs/ntfs/attrib.c | 148 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 117 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
index 421c6cdcbb53..382d1b6e877e 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
@@ -595,6 +595,112 @@ static u32 ntfs_resident_attr_min_value_length(const __le32 type)
}
}
+static const char *ntfs_attr_type_name(const __le32 type)
+{
+ switch (type) {
+ case AT_STANDARD_INFORMATION:
+ return "$STANDARD_INFORMATION";
+ case AT_FILE_NAME:
+ return "$FILE_NAME";
+ case AT_VOLUME_NAME:
+ return "$VOLUME_NAME";
+ case AT_VOLUME_INFORMATION:
+ return "$VOLUME_INFORMATION";
+ case AT_INDEX_ROOT:
+ return "$INDEX_ROOT";
+ case AT_EA_INFORMATION:
+ return "$EA_INFORMATION";
+ default:
+ return NULL;
+ }
+}
+
+static bool ntfs_file_name_attr_value_is_valid(const u8 *value, const u32 value_length)
+{
+ const struct file_name_attr *fn;
+ u32 file_name_size;
+
+ if (value_length < ntfs_resident_attr_min_value_length(AT_FILE_NAME))
+ return false;
+
+ fn = (const struct file_name_attr *)value;
+ file_name_size = fn->file_name_length * sizeof(__le16);
+
+ return file_name_size <=
+ value_length - offsetof(struct file_name_attr, file_name);
+}
+
+struct ntfs_resident_attr_value {
+ const u8 *data;
+ u32 len;
+};
+
+static bool ntfs_resident_attr_value_get(const struct attr_record *a,
+ struct ntfs_resident_attr_value *value)
+{
+ u32 attr_len;
+ u16 value_offset;
+
+ attr_len = le32_to_cpu(a->length);
+ if (attr_len < offsetof(struct attr_record, data.resident.reserved) +
+ sizeof(a->data.resident.reserved))
+ return false;
+
+ value->len = le32_to_cpu(a->data.resident.value_length);
+ value_offset = le16_to_cpu(a->data.resident.value_offset);
+
+ if (value->len > attr_len || value_offset > attr_len - value->len)
+ return false;
+
+ value->data = (const u8 *)a + value_offset;
+ return true;
+}
+
+static bool ntfs_attr_value_is_valid(struct ntfs_volume *vol,
+ const struct attr_record *a,
+ const u64 mft_no)
+{
+ struct ntfs_resident_attr_value value;
+ const char *type_name;
+ u32 min_len;
+
+ if (a->non_resident) {
+ if (a->type != AT_FILE_NAME)
+ return true;
+ ntfs_error(vol->sb,
+ "Corrupt non-resident $FILE_NAME attribute in MFT record %llu\n",
+ mft_no);
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ if (!ntfs_resident_attr_value_get(a, &value))
+ goto corrupt;
+
+ min_len = ntfs_resident_attr_min_value_length(a->type);
+ if (min_len && value.len < min_len)
+ goto corrupt;
+
+ switch (a->type) {
+ case AT_FILE_NAME:
+ if (!ntfs_file_name_attr_value_is_valid(value.data, value.len))
+ goto corrupt;
+ break;
+ }
+ return true;
+
+corrupt:
+ type_name = ntfs_attr_type_name(a->type);
+ if (type_name)
+ ntfs_error(vol->sb,
+ "Corrupt resident %s attribute in MFT record %llu\n",
+ type_name, mft_no);
+ else
+ ntfs_error(vol->sb,
+ "Corrupt resident %#x attribute in MFT record %llu\n",
+ le32_to_cpu(a->type), mft_no);
+ return false;
+}
+
/*
* ntfs_attr_find - find (next) attribute in mft record
* @type: attribute type to find
@@ -705,8 +811,11 @@ static int ntfs_attr_find(const __le32 type, const __le16 *name,
}
}
- if (type == AT_UNUSED)
+ if (type == AT_UNUSED) {
+ if (!ntfs_attr_value_is_valid(vol, a, ctx->ntfs_ino->mft_no))
+ break;
return 0;
+ }
if (a->type != type)
continue;
/*
@@ -747,24 +856,11 @@ static int ntfs_attr_find(const __le32 type, const __le16 *name,
}
}
- /* Validate attribute's value offset/length */
- if (!a->non_resident) {
- u32 min_len;
- u32 value_length = le32_to_cpu(a->data.resident.value_length);
- u16 value_offset = le16_to_cpu(a->data.resident.value_offset);
-
- if (value_length > le32_to_cpu(a->length) ||
- value_offset > le32_to_cpu(a->length) - value_length)
- break;
+ if (!ntfs_attr_value_is_valid(vol, a, ctx->ntfs_ino->mft_no))
+ break;
- min_len = ntfs_resident_attr_min_value_length(a->type);
- if (min_len && value_length < min_len) {
- ntfs_error(vol->sb,
- "Too small %#x resident attribute value in MFT record %lld\n",
- le32_to_cpu(a->type), (long long)ctx->ntfs_ino->mft_no);
- break;
- }
- } else {
+ /* Validate non-resident mapping-pairs fields. */
+ if (a->non_resident) {
u32 min_len;
u16 mp_offset;
@@ -1252,6 +1348,9 @@ static int ntfs_external_attr_find(const __le32 type,
ctx->attr = a;
+ if (!ntfs_attr_value_is_valid(vol, a, ctx->ntfs_ino->mft_no))
+ break;
+
if (a->non_resident) {
u32 min_len;
u16 mp_offset;
@@ -1279,19 +1378,6 @@ static int ntfs_external_attr_find(const __le32 type,
u32 value_length = le32_to_cpu(a->data.resident.value_length);
u16 value_offset = le16_to_cpu(a->data.resident.value_offset);
- if (attr_len < offsetof(struct attr_record, data.resident.reserved) +
- sizeof(a->data.resident.reserved))
- break;
- if (value_length > attr_len || value_offset > attr_len - value_length)
- break;
-
- value_length = ntfs_resident_attr_min_value_length(a->type);
- if (value_length && le32_to_cpu(a->data.resident.value_length) <
- value_length) {
- pr_err("Too small resident attribute value in MFT record %lld, type %#x\n",
- (long long)ctx->ntfs_ino->mft_no, a->type);
- break;
- }
if (value_length == val_len &&
!memcmp((u8 *)a + value_offset, val, val_len)) {
attr_found:
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-26 13:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-24 5:42 [PATCH 0/2] ntfs: fix link name free and $FILE_NAME validation DaeMyung Kang
2026-05-24 5:42 ` [PATCH 1/2] ntfs: free link name from ntfs_name_cache DaeMyung Kang
2026-05-25 12:51 ` Namjae Jeon
2026-05-24 5:42 ` [PATCH 2/2] ntfs: validate resident file name attribute length DaeMyung Kang
2026-05-25 6:38 ` Namjae Jeon
2026-05-25 16:32 ` [PATCH v2] ntfs: validate resident attribute values on lookup DaeMyung Kang
2026-05-26 0:08 ` Namjae Jeon
2026-05-26 1:05 ` CharSyam
2026-05-26 13:31 ` DaeMyung Kang [this message]
2026-05-27 23:48 ` [PATCH v3] " Namjae Jeon
2026-05-28 5:56 ` Hyunchul Lee
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