[PATCH] ntfs3: fix out-of-bounds read in ntfs_dir_emit() and hdr_find_e()

Alessandro Schino <[email protected]> Mon, 11 May 2026 20:15:15 +0200
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.ntfs3,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The bounds check in ntfs_dir_emit() compares fname->name_len (a
character count) against e->size (a byte count) without accounting
for the 2-byte-per-character UTF-16LE encoding or the ATTR_FILE_NAME
header size:

  if (fname->name_len + sizeof(struct NTFS_DE) > le16_to_cpu(e->size))

This computes: name_len + 16 > e_size

The correct check must account for the ATTR_FILE_NAME header (66 bytes
before the name) and the UTF-16LE character size (2 bytes each):

  sizeof(NTFS_DE) + offsetof(ATTR_FILE_NAME, name) +
  name_len * sizeof(short) > e_size

Which computes: 16 + 66 + name_len * 2 > e_size

The correct calculation already exists as fname_full_size() in ntfs.h
and is used in cmp_fnames(), namei.c, and fslog.c, but was not used
in the readdir path.

A crafted NTFS image with an index entry containing a small e->size
but large fname->name_len bypasses the current check, causing
ntfs_utf16_to_nls() to read past the entry boundary.

Additionally, add a key_size validation in hdr_find_e() to ensure the
declared key_size does not exceed the available entry data, preventing
comparison functions from reading past entry boundaries on the lookup
path.

Signed-off-by: Alessandro Schino <[email protected]>
---
 fs/ntfs3/dir.c   | 4 +++-
 fs/ntfs3/index.c | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/dir.c b/fs/ntfs3/dir.c
index d99ab086..6cd66ce0 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/dir.c
@@ -305,7 +305,9 @@ static inline bool ntfs_dir_emit(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi,
 	if (sbi->options->nohidden && (fname->dup.fa & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN))
 		return true;
 
-	if (fname->name_len + sizeof(struct NTFS_DE) > le16_to_cpu(e->size))
+	if (sizeof(struct NTFS_DE) +
+	    offsetof(struct ATTR_FILE_NAME, name) +
+	    fname->name_len * sizeof(short) > le16_to_cpu(e->size))
 		return true;
 
 	name_len = ntfs_utf16_to_nls(sbi, fname->name, fname->name_len, name,
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/index.c b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
index 5344b29b..46dc7642 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/index.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
@@ -754,6 +754,10 @@ static struct NTFS_DE *hdr_find_e(const struct ntfs_index *indx,
 binary_search:
 	e_key_len = le16_to_cpu(e->key_size);
 
+	/* Validate key_size fits within the entry data area. */
+	if (e_key_len > le16_to_cpu(e->size) - sizeof(struct NTFS_DE))
+		return NULL;
+
 	diff2 = (*cmp)(key, key_len, e + 1, e_key_len, ctx);
 	if (diff2 > 0) {
 		if (found) {
-- 
2.43.0