Avoid hard (impossible?)-to-trigger double-free in dns_resolve()

Fixes 6480; fix on 0.2.0.1-alpha; based on pseudonymous patch.
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Nick Mathewson 2012-07-31 12:58:19 -04:00
parent ae75fb13e1
commit 62637fa224
2 changed files with 23 additions and 12 deletions

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o Major bugfixes:
- Avoid read-from-freed-RAM bug and related double-free bug that
could occur when a DNS request fails while launching it. Fixes
bug 6480; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.

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@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ static void add_wildcarded_test_address(const char *address);
static int configure_nameservers(int force);
static int answer_is_wildcarded(const char *ip);
static int dns_resolve_impl(edge_connection_t *exitconn, int is_resolve,
or_circuit_t *oncirc, char **resolved_to_hostname);
or_circuit_t *oncirc, char **resolved_to_hostname,
int *made_connection_pending_out);
#ifdef DEBUG_DNS_CACHE
static void _assert_cache_ok(void);
#define assert_cache_ok() _assert_cache_ok()
@ -596,10 +597,12 @@ dns_resolve(edge_connection_t *exitconn)
{
or_circuit_t *oncirc = TO_OR_CIRCUIT(exitconn->on_circuit);
int is_resolve, r;
int made_connection_pending = 0;
char *hostname = NULL;
is_resolve = exitconn->_base.purpose == EXIT_PURPOSE_RESOLVE;
r = dns_resolve_impl(exitconn, is_resolve, oncirc, &hostname);
r = dns_resolve_impl(exitconn, is_resolve, oncirc, &hostname,
&made_connection_pending);
switch (r) {
case 1:
@ -639,16 +642,11 @@ dns_resolve(edge_connection_t *exitconn)
dns_cancel_pending_resolve(exitconn->_base.address);
if (!exitconn->_base.marked_for_close) {
if (!made_connection_pending && !exitconn->_base.marked_for_close) {
/* If we made the connection pending, then we freed it already in
* dns_cancel_pending_resolve(). If we marked it for close, it'll
* get freed from the main loop. Otherwise, can free it now. */
connection_free(TO_CONN(exitconn));
// XXX ... and we just leak exitconn otherwise? -RD
// If it's marked for close, it's on closeable_connection_lst in
// main.c. If it's on the closeable list, it will get freed from
// main.c. -NM
// "<armadev> If that's true, there are other bugs around, where we
// don't check if it's marked, and will end up double-freeing."
// On the other hand, I don't know of any actual bugs here, so this
// shouldn't be holding up the rc. -RD
}
break;
default:
@ -667,10 +665,15 @@ dns_resolve(edge_connection_t *exitconn)
* Return -2 on a transient error. If it's a reverse resolve and it's
* successful, sets *<b>hostname_out</b> to a newly allocated string
* holding the cached reverse DNS value.
*
* Set *<b>made_connection_pending_out</b> to true if we have placed
* <b>exitconn</b> on the list of pending connections for some resolve; set it
* to false otherwise.
*/
static int
dns_resolve_impl(edge_connection_t *exitconn, int is_resolve,
or_circuit_t *oncirc, char **hostname_out)
or_circuit_t *oncirc, char **hostname_out,
int *made_connection_pending_out)
{
cached_resolve_t *resolve;
cached_resolve_t search;
@ -684,6 +687,7 @@ dns_resolve_impl(edge_connection_t *exitconn, int is_resolve,
tor_assert(!SOCKET_OK(exitconn->_base.s));
assert_cache_ok();
tor_assert(oncirc);
*made_connection_pending_out = 0;
/* first check if exitconn->_base.address is an IP. If so, we already
* know the answer. */
@ -757,6 +761,7 @@ dns_resolve_impl(edge_connection_t *exitconn, int is_resolve,
pending_connection->conn = exitconn;
pending_connection->next = resolve->pending_connections;
resolve->pending_connections = pending_connection;
*made_connection_pending_out = 1;
log_debug(LD_EXIT,"Connection (fd %d) waiting for pending DNS "
"resolve of %s", exitconn->_base.s,
escaped_safe_str(exitconn->_base.address));
@ -797,6 +802,7 @@ dns_resolve_impl(edge_connection_t *exitconn, int is_resolve,
pending_connection = tor_malloc_zero(sizeof(pending_connection_t));
pending_connection->conn = exitconn;
resolve->pending_connections = pending_connection;
*made_connection_pending_out = 1;
/* Add this resolve to the cache and priority queue. */
HT_INSERT(cache_map, &cache_root, resolve);