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BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/15 20:30
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+7bdfe1182e4c50d2a21d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1091d, last: 3d11h
Fix commit to backport (bisect log) :
tree: upstream
commit c380b52f6c5702cc4bdda5e6d456d6c19a201a0b
Author: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com>
Date: Fri Oct 7 11:02:36 2022 +0000

  fs/ntfs3: Change new sparse cluster processing

  
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2023/05/07 linux-5.15.y (ToT) 8a7f2a5c5aa1 C [report] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2023/05/07 upstream (ToT) fc4354c6e5c2 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster origin:lts-only 10 C done 375 611d 1091d 3/3 fixed on 2025/03/28 22:41
upstream BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster ntfs3 10 C error done 11 1176d 1178d 22/29 fixed on 2023/02/24 13:51
Last patch testing requests (10)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/08/11 22:01 9m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/08/11 22:01 21m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/08/11 22:01 10m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/08/11 22:01 11m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/08/11 22:01 10m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/04/27 22:42 32m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/04/13 15:18 9m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/04/13 15:18 14m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/04/13 15:18 9m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/04/13 15:18 9m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2023/09/10 18:27 4h39m fix candidate upstream OK (1) job log

Sample crash report:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
#PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page
PGD 73079067 P4D 73079067 PUD 0 
Oops: 0010 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 0 PID: 4368 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
RIP: 0010:0x0
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at RIP 0xffffffffffffffd6.
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002ecfcc0 EFLAGS: 00010296
RAX: 1ffffffff14b897f RBX: ffffea0001782808 RCX: ffffffff8a5c4bf8
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffea0001782800
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffea0001782807 R09: 1ffffd40002f0500
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff940002f0501 R12: ffffea0001782800
R13: ffffea0001782800 R14: ffffffffffffffff R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  00007fead84636c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: ffffffffffffffd6 CR3: 000000005d3ee000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ntfs_sparse_cluster+0x82c/0xb80 fs/ntfs3/file.c:337
 ntfs_fallocate+0x76f/0xd60 fs/ntfs3/file.c:707
 vfs_fallocate+0x587/0x6f0 fs/open.c:308
 ksys_fallocate fs/open.c:331 [inline]
 __do_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:339 [inline]
 __se_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:337 [inline]
 __x64_sys_fallocate+0xbd/0x100 fs/open.c:337
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7fead8e22799
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fead8463028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000011d
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fead909c090 RCX: 00007fead8e22799
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fead8eb8bd9 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000008000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fead909c128 R14: 00007fead909c090 R15: 00007ffd918730d8
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
CR2: 0000000000000000
---[ end trace 08a216b708c514d0 ]---
RIP: 0010:0x0
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at RIP 0xffffffffffffffd6.
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002ecfcc0 EFLAGS: 00010296
RAX: 1ffffffff14b897f RBX: ffffea0001782808 RCX: ffffffff8a5c4bf8
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffea0001782800
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffea0001782807 R09: 1ffffd40002f0500
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff940002f0501 R12: ffffea0001782800
R13: ffffea0001782800 R14: ffffffffffffffff R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  00007fead84636c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: ffffffffffffffd6 CR3: 000000005d3ee000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400

Crashes (843):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/02 09:24 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/03/02 08:45 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2025/12/05 10:46 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2025/09/05 03:10 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2025/05/27 18:19 linux-5.15.y 98f47d0e9b8c 874a1386 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2025/02/22 19:00 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 d34966d1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2025/01/04 18:34 linux-5.15.y 91786f140358 f3558dbf .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2024/11/29 15:06 linux-5.15.y 0a51d2d4527b 5df23865 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2024/05/05 16:56 linux-5.15.y 284087d4f7d5 610f2a54 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2023/12/31 10:26 linux-5.15.y d93fa2c78854 fb427a07 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2023/09/08 09:09 linux-5.15.y aff03380bda4 72324844 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2023/05/30 07:00 linux-5.15.y 1fe619a7d252 cf184559 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2023/05/30 05:15 linux-5.15.y 1fe619a7d252 cf184559 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2023/05/29 22:08 linux-5.15.y 1fe619a7d252 cf184559 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2023/05/21 22:49 linux-5.15.y 9d6bde853685 4bce1a3e .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2023/05/07 04:26 linux-5.15.y 8a7f2a5c5aa1 90c93c40 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2024/04/15 09:58 linux-5.15.y fa3df276cd36 c8349e48 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2024/03/10 22:21 linux-5.15.y 574362648507 6ee49f2e .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/03/07 17:59 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/03/05 07:44 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b a9fe5c9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/03/05 05:42 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b a9fe5c9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/03/04 20:33 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b e6b6b96b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/02/28 09:40 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/02/21 22:48 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/02/21 13:40 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/02/20 13:43 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 17d780d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/02/19 00:12 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 77d4d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/02/18 14:18 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 39751c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/02/15 03:58 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/02/09 16:30 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/02/08 21:27 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/02/05 17:59 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 4936e85c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/02/01 11:21 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/02/01 07:08 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/31 07:51 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 c75a2f6e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/29 07:45 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 0adc945e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/27 07:00 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 efb3e894 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/25 09:29 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/24 05:21 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 4f25b9b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/23 17:21 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 e2b1b6e6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/22 15:20 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 a16aed1d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/21 03:00 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/21 02:44 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/19 05:31 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/18 18:21 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/16 04:42 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/14 16:17 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/13 15:00 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/12 08:11 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/09 11:32 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/09 10:30 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/09 02:36 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/08 20:57 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/08 20:55 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/06 21:57 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/03 13:55 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2026/01/03 08:55 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2025/12/31 10:39 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2025/12/29 22:25 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2025/12/28 21:14 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2025/12/26 02:17 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2025/08/20 11:38 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 79512909 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
2023/03/15 20:29 linux-5.15.y 2ddbd0f967b3 18b58603 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ntfs_sparse_cluster
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.