From: Christian Aurich Zanettini Martins <christian.aurichzm@gmail.com>
To: almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com
Cc: ntfs3@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
yun.zhou@windriver.com,
Christian Aurich Zanettini Martins <christian.aurichzm@gmail.com>,
syzbot+5c0ed4f2974a8b100ed4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] fs/ntfs3: fix double ni_unlock() in ntfs_readdir()
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:35:33 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261023223533.686085-1-christian.aurichzm@gmail.com> (raw)
Commit da4391c496fe ("ntfs3: release ni_lock before dir_emit in
ntfs_readdir to fix deadlocks") drops ni_lock before calling
ntfs_read_hdr() in ntfs_readdir(). If either call returns non-zero,
execution jumps to out, which calls ni_unlock() even though the lock
is no longer held.
This also happens when getdents64() fills the supplied buffer,
triggering a lockdep "bad unlock balance" warning.
Jump to out_free instead to avoid unlocking an already released lock.
Reported-by: syzbot+5c0ed4f2974a8b100ed4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=5c0ed4f2974a8b100ed4
Fixes: da4391c496fe ("ntfs3: release ni_lock before dir_emit in ntfs_readdir to fix deadlocks")
Signed-off-by: Christian Aurich Zanettini Martins <christian.aurichzm@gmail.com>
---
Based on Paragon's ntfs3 master (da4391c496fe), also in linux-next.
Tested in QEMU with lockdep. A 128-byte getdents64() buffer
reproduced the warning before the fix. After the fix, no warning
occurred when reading root-only and 700-entry directories,
including four concurrent readers and a writer.
fs/ntfs3/dir.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/dir.c b/fs/ntfs3/dir.c
index b54828735d55..45d6a41a7222 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/dir.c
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static int ntfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
*/
err = ntfs_read_hdr(sbi, ni, &root->ihdr, 0, pos, name, ctx);
if (err)
- goto out;
+ goto out_free;
ni_lock(ni);
bit = 0;
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static int ntfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
((u64)bit << index_bits) + sbi->record_size,
pos, name, ctx);
if (err)
- goto out;
+ goto out_free;
ni_lock(ni);
}
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ static int ntfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
out:
ni_unlock(ni);
+out_free:
kfree(name);
put_indx_node(node);
base-commit: da4391c496fedc1ca78a99907712f2256ce8fb80
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-23 22:37 UTC|newest]
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2026-10-29 3:25 ` Zhou, Yun
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