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SubjectRe: ntfs orphan? (was Re: [PATCH] ntfs: do not dereference a null ctx on error)
On Wed, 3 May 2023 11:16:02 +0700 Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 07, 2023 at 07:44:33PM +0000, Danila Chernetsov wrote:
> > In ntfs_mft_data_extend_allocation_nolock(), if an error condition occurs
> > prior to 'ctx' being set to a non-NULL value, avoid dereferencing the NULL
> > 'ctx' pointer in error handling.
> >
> > Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Duplicate of 10-years-old outstanding patch at [1].

Well, the patches are actually quite different. Is Danila's longer one
better?

> I'm not speaking of the patch itself but rather on unfortunate state
> of ntfs subsystem. It seems like the maintainer is MIA (has not
> responding to patch submissions for a long time). Some trivial
> patches, however, are merged through mm tree.
>
> Konstantin (from newer ntfs3 subsystem), Andrew, would you like to take a
> look on this orphaned subsystem (and help reviewing)? I'd like to send
> MAINTAINERS update if it turns out to be the case.
>

Sure, I can join linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net and hendle things
which come along.

Or Christian may want to do that?

>
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/1358389709-20561-1-git-send-email-nickolai@csail.mit.edu/


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