[PATCH v3 0/3] ntfs: fix the undo path of $MFT data extension

[Matthias Goergens]

These fix two bugs in the undo path of
ntfs_mft_data_extend_allocation_nolock(): patch 1 fixes a use-after-free
of a pointer into the runlist across the truncation, and patch 3 makes
its $MFT runlist locking consistent.  Patch 2 adds the runlist merge
that patch 3 uses to keep the runlist of the new clusters for the undo.

The undo path only runs when something fails while $MFT grows, so I
tested it in QEMU by forcing each failure once with a debug patch, and
tested patch 2 in userspace against the merge code it changes.  The
debug patch, the test scripts, the volume images and the userspace test
are at
https://github.com/matthiasgoergens/linux/tree/reproducer/2026-10-02-ntfs-mft-extend-undo-v3

Changes in v3:
- Patch 3 frees the clusters from the runlist that ntfs_cluster_alloc()
  returned, using the merge from patch 2, which leaves that runlist
  intact, instead of copying the new runs with ntfs_mft_copy_tail() in
  undo_alloc (Hyunchul Lee).  The undo path no longer allocates.
- Patch 1 (patch 2 in v2) is unchanged and keeps Baolin Liu's
  Reviewed-by.  It now comes first, as it can be applied on its own.
- Rebased onto current ntfs-next.

v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260930033556.169300-1-matthias.goergens@xxxxxxxxx/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260927105706.3111333-1-matthias.goergens@xxxxxxxxx/

Thanks,
Matthias

Matthias Goergens (3):
  ntfs: do not use a stale runlist pointer when undoing $MFT extension
  ntfs: add a runlist merge that leaves the source runlist to the caller
  ntfs: balance the $MFT runlist lock in data extension error paths

 fs/ntfs/mft.c     | 59 +++++++++++++++++++---------
 fs/ntfs/runlist.c | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 fs/ntfs/runlist.h |  3 ++
 3 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)


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