* [PATCH] fs/ntfs3: fix UAF in al_destroy() on stream inode eviction
@ 2026-10-27 15:16 Henry Martin
2026-10-27 15:16 ` [PATCH] fs/ntfs3: fix NULL deref in ni_std5() on stream inodes Henry Martin
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Henry Martin @ 2026-10-27 15:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Konstantin Komarov
Cc: ntfs3, linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel, Henry Martin, stable
al_destroy() unconditionally dereferences ni->base and frees the shared
base attribute list:
void al_destroy(struct ntfs_inode *ni)
{
ni = ni->base;
run_close(&ni->attr_list.run);
kvfree(ni->attr_list.le);
ni->attr_list.le = NULL;
ni->attr_list.size = 0;
ni->attr_list.dirty = false;
}
ni_clear() (fs/ntfs3/frecord.c) calls al_destroy() for every inode
being evicted, including ADS stream inodes whose ->base still points
at the base inode: the base's attr_list.le is freed while the base
inode is still alive (iput(&ni->base->vfs_inode) happens only at the
end of ni_clear()), racing the base's ni_lock-held attr_list consumers
(attr_set_size, al_add_le, ntfs_load_attr_list).
Stream inodes have no attr_list of their own; freeing the base's list
on their eviction also leaves the base inode with a destroyed list
(size=0, le=NULL) even without a race.
Only destroy the attribute list for inodes that own it: a stream
inode's ->base points at another inode, while on a base inode it is
self-referencing (fs/ntfs3/inode.c), so the ownership check is
ni->base == ni.
This issue was discovered by Tencent CodeBuddy Security.
Fixes: be71b5cba2e6 ("fs/ntfs3: Add attrib operations")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com>
---
fs/ntfs3/attrlist.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/attrlist.c b/fs/ntfs3/attrlist.c
index 8710560cf2944..6aced486a45c7 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/attrlist.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/attrlist.c
@@ -29,7 +29,17 @@ static inline bool al_is_valid_le(const struct ntfs_inode *ni,
void al_destroy(struct ntfs_inode *ni)
{
- ni = ni->base;
+ struct ntfs_inode *base = ni->base;
+
+ /* Stream inodes share the base's attribute list; freeing it here
+ * would race the base's ni_lock-held consumers and leave the base
+ * with a destroyed list while it is still alive. Only the owner
+ * frees.
+ */
+ if (base != ni)
+ return;
+
+ ni = base;
run_close(&ni->attr_list.run);
kvfree(ni->attr_list.le);
ni->attr_list.le = NULL;
--
2.43.7
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* [PATCH] fs/ntfs3: fix NULL deref in ni_std5() on stream inodes
2026-10-27 15:16 [PATCH] fs/ntfs3: fix UAF in al_destroy() on stream inode eviction Henry Martin
@ 2026-10-27 15:16 ` Henry Martin
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Henry Martin @ 2026-10-27 15:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Konstantin Komarov
Cc: ntfs3, linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel, Henry Martin, stable
ni_std5() looks up the standard information attribute in the inode's
own MFT record:
attr = mi_find_attr(ni, &ni->mi, NULL, ATTR_STD, NULL, 0, NULL);
without redirecting to the base inode. For an ADS stream inode,
ni->mi.mrec is never initialized (ntfs_init_ads_node() in
fs/ntfs3/inode.c leaves mi.mrec NULL), so mi_find_attr() ->
mi_enum_attr() dereferences rec == NULL:
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference
RIP: mi_enum_attr+0x18/0x180
The SYSTEM_NTFS_SECURITY xattr path calls ni_std5() without a guard
for stream inodes (fs/ntfs3/xattr.c): ntfs_set_acl()/ntfs_xattr_set()
reach it via ntfs_insert_security -> ni_lock(ni) -> ni_std5(ni) on the
stream inode, and the stream inode inherits the base's i_mode/uid/gid,
so the may_write_xattr() ownership check passes for the file owner.
The default stream-name parsing (colons) is enabled, so an
unprivileged local user can open("file:stream"), set the security
descriptor xattr on it and panic the kernel.
Redirect stream inodes to their base record in ni_std5().
This issue was discovered by Tencent CodeBuddy Security.
Fixes: be71b5cba2e6 ("fs/ntfs3: Add attrib operations")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com>
---
fs/ntfs3/frecord.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
index bead01a953f3f..dce6400195aee 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ struct ATTR_STD_INFO5 *ni_std5(struct ntfs_inode *ni)
{
const struct ATTRIB *attr;
+ /* Stream inodes have no MFT record of their own (mi.mrec is
+ * NULL); the standard information attribute lives in the base
+ * record.
+ */
+ if (ni->base && ni->base != ni)
+ ni = ni->base;
+
attr = mi_find_attr(ni, &ni->mi, NULL, ATTR_STD, NULL, 0, NULL);
return attr ? resident_data_ex(attr, sizeof(struct ATTR_STD_INFO5)) :
--
2.43.7
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