Forwarded: Re: [syzbot] [ntfs3?] WARNING in ni_rename (2)

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Date: Thu Mar 19 2026 - 07:29:22 EST


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Subject: Re: [syzbot] [ntfs3?] WARNING in ni_rename (2)
Author: junjie.cao@xxxxxxxxx

#syz test

diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
index 2e901d073..c12047153 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
@@ -2776,6 +2776,8 @@ int ni_rename(struct ntfs_inode *dir_ni, struct ntfs_inode *new_dir_ni,
{
int err;
struct NTFS_DE *de2 = NULL;
+ struct ATTR_FILE_NAME *de_name = (struct ATTR_FILE_NAME *)(de + 1);
+ struct ATTR_FILE_NAME *fname;
int undo = 0;

/*
@@ -2789,14 +2791,30 @@ int ni_rename(struct ntfs_inode *dir_ni, struct ntfs_inode *new_dir_ni,
* and then can't restore (add) old name.
*/

+ /*
+ * Pre-validate: ensure the old name attribute exists in the MFT
+ * record. On corrupted volumes the attribute may be missing, which
+ * would cause ni_remove_name() to fail after ni_add_name() has
+ * already modified the directory, leaving the inode inconsistent.
+ */
+ mi_get_ref(&dir_ni->mi, &de_name->home);
+ fname = ni_fname_name(ni, (struct le_str *)&de_name->name_len,
+ &de_name->home, NULL, NULL);
+ if (!fname)
+ return -ENOENT;
+
/*
* Way 1 - Add new + remove old.
*/
err = ni_add_name(new_dir_ni, ni, new_de);
if (!err) {
err = ni_remove_name(dir_ni, ni, de, &de2, &undo);
- WARN_ON(err &&
- ni_remove_name(new_dir_ni, ni, new_de, &de2, &undo));
+ if (err &&
+ ni_remove_name(new_dir_ni, ni, new_de, &de2, &undo)) {
+ ntfs_inode_warn(
+ &ni->vfs_inode,
+ "failed to undo rename, inode is inconsistent");
+ }
}

/*