From: Bartlomiej Kubik Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 21:18:08 +0000 (+0100) Subject: fs/ntfs3: Initialize allocated memory before use X-Git-Tag: v6.18.2~363 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=192e8ce302f14ac66259231dd10cede19858d742;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git fs/ntfs3: Initialize allocated memory before use [ Upstream commit a8a3ca23bbd9d849308a7921a049330dc6c91398 ] KMSAN reports: Multiple uninitialized values detected: - KMSAN: uninit-value in ntfs_read_hdr (3) - KMSAN: uninit-value in bcmp (3) Memory is allocated by __getname(), which is a wrapper for kmem_cache_alloc(). This memory is used before being properly cleared. Change kmem_cache_alloc() to kmem_cache_zalloc() to properly allocate and clear memory before use. Fixes: 82cae269cfa9 ("fs/ntfs3: Add initialization of super block") Fixes: 78ab59fee07f ("fs/ntfs3: Rework file operations") Tested-by: syzbot+332bd4e9d148f11a87dc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Reported-by: syzbot+332bd4e9d148f11a87dc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=332bd4e9d148f11a87dc Fixes: 82cae269cfa9 ("fs/ntfs3: Add initialization of super block") Fixes: 78ab59fee07f ("fs/ntfs3: Rework file operations") Tested-by: syzbot+0399100e525dd9696764@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Reported-by: syzbot+0399100e525dd9696764@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0399100e525dd9696764 Reviewed-by: Khalid Aziz Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Kubik Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c index 05004f8880ce6..164fd63dff40d 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c +++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c @@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ int ntfs_create_inode(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir, fa |= FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY; /* Allocate PATH_MAX bytes. */ - new_de = __getname(); + new_de = kmem_cache_zalloc(names_cachep, GFP_KERNEL); if (!new_de) { err = -ENOMEM; goto out1; @@ -1720,10 +1720,9 @@ int ntfs_link_inode(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry) struct NTFS_DE *de; /* Allocate PATH_MAX bytes. */ - de = __getname(); + de = kmem_cache_zalloc(names_cachep, GFP_KERNEL); if (!de) return -ENOMEM; - memset(de, 0, PATH_MAX); /* Mark rw ntfs as dirty. It will be cleared at umount. */ ntfs_set_state(sbi, NTFS_DIRTY_DIRTY); @@ -1759,7 +1758,7 @@ int ntfs_unlink_inode(struct inode *dir, const struct dentry *dentry) return -EINVAL; /* Allocate PATH_MAX bytes. */ - de = __getname(); + de = kmem_cache_zalloc(names_cachep, GFP_KERNEL); if (!de) return -ENOMEM;