* [PATCH ntfs3] fs/ntfs3: validate $SDH entry size in ntfs_insert_security
@ 2026-07-03 21:54 Xiang Mei
2026-09-21 10:54 ` Konstantin Komarov
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Xiang Mei @ 2026-07-03 21:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Konstantin Komarov, ntfs3; +Cc: linux-kernel, Weiming Shi, Xiang Mei
ntfs_insert_security() walks the $Secure::$SDH index and reads
e->sec_hdr.size for every entry returned by indx_find()/indx_find_sort().
Those only guarantee the NTFS_DE envelope (e->size), so a crafted $SDH
entry shorter than a full NTFS_DE_SDH at the tail of an index buffer makes
the read of e->sec_hdr.size run past the allocation. Triggerable by an
unprivileged setxattr(2) on a crafted NTFS image.
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ntfs_insert_security (fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c:2148)
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88800fa1de00 by task exploit/142
ntfs_insert_security (fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c:2148)
ntfs_setxattr (fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:947)
__vfs_setxattr (fs/xattr.c:223)
__vfs_setxattr_noperm (fs/xattr.c:257)
vfs_setxattr (fs/xattr.c:344)
filename_setxattr (fs/xattr.c:690)
path_setxattrat (fs/xattr.c:734)
__x64_sys_setxattr (fs/xattr.c:764)
[...]
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
allocated 512-byte region [ffff88800fa1dc00, ffff88800fa1de00)
Stop the scan when an entry is too small to hold a SECURITY_HDR.
Fixes: 82cae269cfa9 ("fs/ntfs3: Add initialization of super block")
Reported-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu>
---
fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c b/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
index bc7469d0a34d..6d81ae6c1f11 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
@@ -2145,6 +2145,9 @@ int ntfs_insert_security(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi,
goto out;
while (e) {
+ if (le16_to_cpu(e->de.size) < SIZEOF_SDH_DIRENTRY)
+ break;
+
if (le32_to_cpu(e->sec_hdr.size) == new_sec_size) {
err = ntfs_read_run_nb(sbi, &ni->file.run,
le64_to_cpu(e->sec_hdr.off),
--
2.43.0
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2026-07-03 21:54 [PATCH ntfs3] fs/ntfs3: validate $SDH entry size in ntfs_insert_security Xiang Mei
@ 2026-09-21 10:54 ` Konstantin Komarov
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Konstantin Komarov @ 2026-09-21 10:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xiang Mei, ntfs3; +Cc: linux-kernel, Weiming Shi
On 7/3/26 23:54, Xiang Mei wrote:
> ntfs_insert_security() walks the $Secure::$SDH index and reads
> e->sec_hdr.size for every entry returned by indx_find()/indx_find_sort().
> Those only guarantee the NTFS_DE envelope (e->size), so a crafted $SDH
> entry shorter than a full NTFS_DE_SDH at the tail of an index buffer makes
> the read of e->sec_hdr.size run past the allocation. Triggerable by an
> unprivileged setxattr(2) on a crafted NTFS image.
>
> BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ntfs_insert_security (fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c:2148)
> Read of size 4 at addr ffff88800fa1de00 by task exploit/142
> ntfs_insert_security (fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c:2148)
> ntfs_setxattr (fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:947)
> __vfs_setxattr (fs/xattr.c:223)
> __vfs_setxattr_noperm (fs/xattr.c:257)
> vfs_setxattr (fs/xattr.c:344)
> filename_setxattr (fs/xattr.c:690)
> path_setxattrat (fs/xattr.c:734)
> __x64_sys_setxattr (fs/xattr.c:764)
> [...]
> The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
> allocated 512-byte region [ffff88800fa1dc00, ffff88800fa1de00)
>
> Stop the scan when an entry is too small to hold a SECURITY_HDR.
>
> Fixes: 82cae269cfa9 ("fs/ntfs3: Add initialization of super block")
> Reported-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu>
> ---
> fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c b/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
> index bc7469d0a34d..6d81ae6c1f11 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
> @@ -2145,6 +2145,9 @@ int ntfs_insert_security(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi,
> goto out;
>
> while (e) {
> + if (le16_to_cpu(e->de.size) < SIZEOF_SDH_DIRENTRY)
> + break;
> +
> if (le32_to_cpu(e->sec_hdr.size) == new_sec_size) {
> err = ntfs_read_run_nb(sbi, &ni->file.run,
> le64_to_cpu(e->sec_hdr.off),
Hello,
Sorry for the delay.
Your patch is applied, thank you.
Regards,
Konstantin
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