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([183.101.168.247]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d2e1a72fcca58-7d150b68367sm16796988b3a.12.2025.12.02.03.00.27 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 02 Dec 2025 03:00:28 -0800 (PST) From: Jaehun Gou To: almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com Cc: ntfs3@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jaehun Gou , Seunghun Han , Jihoon Kwon Subject: [PATCH] fs: ntfs3: check return value of indx_find to avoid infinite loop Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 19:59:59 +0900 Message-ID: <20251202105959.1885454-1-p22gone@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" We found an infinite loop bug in the ntfs3 file system that can lead to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition. A malformed dentry in the ntfs3 filesystem can cause the kernel to hang during the lookup operations. By setting the HAS_SUB_NODE flag in an INDEX_ENTRY within a directory's INDEX_ALLOCATION block and manipulating the VCN pointer, an attacker can cause the indx_find() function to repeatedly read the same block, allocating 4 KB of memory each time. The kernel lacks VCN loop detection and depth limits, causing memory exhaustion and an OOM crash. This patch adds a return value check for fnd_push() to prevent a memory exhaustion vulnerability caused by infinite loops. When the index exceeds t= he size of the fnd->nodes array, fnd_push() returns -EINVAL. The indx_find() function checks this return value and stops processing, preventing further memory allocation. Co-developed-by: Seunghun Han Signed-off-by: Seunghun Han Co-developed-by: Jihoon Kwon Signed-off-by: Jihoon Kwon Signed-off-by: Jaehun Gou --- fs/ntfs3/index.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/index.c b/fs/ntfs3/index.c index 6d1bf890929d..050b3709e020 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs3/index.c +++ b/fs/ntfs3/index.c @@ -1190,7 +1190,12 @@ int indx_find(struct ntfs_index *indx, struct ntfs_i= node *ni, return -EINVAL; } =20 - fnd_push(fnd, node, e); + err =3D fnd_push(fnd, node, e); + + if (err) { + put_indx_node(node); + return err; + } } =20 *entry =3D e; --=20 2.43.0