Re: [PATCH] fs/ntfs3: resize log->one_page_buf when adopting on-disk page size
Konstantin Komarov <[email protected]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:43:01 +0200
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.ntfs3,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 6/5/26 06:19, Jamie Nguyen wrote:
> log_replay() allocates log->one_page_buf using the page size that was
> chosen from the host PAGE_SIZE:
>
> log->one_page_buf = kmalloc(log->page_size, GFP_NOFS);
>
> Later, when a restart area is found, the log page size recorded on disk
> is adopted:
>
> t32 = le32_to_cpu(log->rst_info.r_page->sys_page_size);
> if (log->page_size != t32) {
> log->l_size = log->orig_file_size;
> log->page_size = norm_file_page(t32, &log->l_size,
> t32 == DefaultLogPageSize);
> }
>
> If the on-disk page size is larger than the size used for the initial
> allocation, log->page_size grows but one_page_buf is left at its
> original, smaller size. A subsequent unaligned read_log_page() then
> reads log->page_size bytes into the undersized scratch buffer:
>
> page_buf = page_off ? log->one_page_buf : *buffer;
> err = ntfs_read_run_nb_ra(ni->mi.sbi, &ni->file.run, page_vbo, page_buf,
> log->page_size, NULL, &log->read_ahead);
>
> overflowing the allocation. This is reachable when mounting a dirty
> NTFS volume whose log was formatted with a page size larger than the
> buffer initially allocated on the mounting host (for example a 64K-log
> volume mounted on a host that allocated a 4K scratch buffer).
>
> Grow one_page_buf when the adopted on-disk page size exceeds the size
> used for the initial allocation. On krealloc() failure the original
> buffer is left intact and freed by the existing error path.
>
> Fixes: b46acd6a6a627 ("fs/ntfs3: Add NTFS journal")
> Reported-by: Carol L Soto <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Jamie Nguyen <[email protected]>
> ---
> fs/ntfs3/fslog.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c b/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
> index 95e1cdb47..b44bcfd31 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
> @@ -3976,9 +3976,28 @@ int log_replay(struct ntfs_inode *ni, bool *initialized)
> */
> t32 = le32_to_cpu(log->rst_info.r_page->sys_page_size);
> if (log->page_size != t32) {
> + u32 old_page_size = log->page_size;
> +
> log->l_size = log->orig_file_size;
> log->page_size = norm_file_page(t32, &log->l_size,
> t32 == DefaultLogPageSize);
> +
> + /*
> + * If the adopted on-disk page size is larger than the size used
> + * to allocate one_page_buf above, grow the scratch buffer so a
> + * later read_log_page() cannot overflow it.
> + */
> + if (log->page_size > old_page_size) {
> + void *buf;
> +
> + buf = krealloc(log->one_page_buf, log->page_size,
> + GFP_NOFS);
> + if (!buf) {
> + err = -ENOMEM;
> + goto out;
> + }
> + log->one_page_buf = buf;
> + }
> }
>
> if (log->page_size != t32 ||
> --
> 2.43.0
>
Hello,
Your patch was applied, thank you.
Regards,
Konstantin