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fs/ntfs3: prevent infinite loops caused by the next valid being the same
authorEdward Adam Davis <eadavis@qq.com>
Sun, 28 Dec 2025 03:53:25 +0000 (11:53 +0800)
committerKonstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com>
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 04:58:01 +0000 (05:58 +0100)
commit27b75ca4e51e3e4554dc85dbf1a0246c66106fd3
tree3b4dc184f3a70dbc36cfcb3d2f082ca5f7fde482
parent1dad2fff0261568e7fa6a1760619d88d0ef0aff3
fs/ntfs3: prevent infinite loops caused by the next valid being the same

When processing valid within the range [valid : pos), if valid cannot
be retrieved correctly, for example, if the retrieved valid value is
always the same, this can trigger a potential infinite loop, similar
to the hung problem reported by syzbot [1].

Adding a check for the valid value within the loop body, and terminating
the loop and returning -EINVAL if the value is the same as the current
value, can prevent this.

[1]
INFO: task syz.4.21:6056 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Call Trace:
 rwbase_write_lock+0x14f/0x750 kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c:244
 inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1027 [inline]
 ntfs_file_write_iter+0xe6/0x870 fs/ntfs3/file.c:1284

Fixes: 4342306f0f0d ("fs/ntfs3: Add file operations and implementation")
Reported-by: syzbot+bcf9e1868c1a0c7e04f1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bcf9e1868c1a0c7e04f1
Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@qq.com>
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com>
fs/ntfs3/file.c