ntfs orphan? (was Re: [PATCH] ntfs: do not dereference a null ctx on error)

[Bagas Sanjaya]

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].

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.

Thanks.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/1358389709-20561-1-git-send-email-nickolai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

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