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authorteor <teor2345@gmail.com>2017-03-02 09:49:35 +1100
committerteor <teor2345@gmail.com>2017-03-02 11:10:30 +1100
commit4b5cdb2c3060eefcc616764845a4ed7c002117b7 (patch)
treee39ea4d03e2569e3d7d4bb91d64284f0c3a71976
parent75492598b2fa595c25c41212d3b2714e59efdcc2 (diff)
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Fix a crash when a connection tries to open just after it has been unlinked
Fixes bug 21576; bugfix on Tor 0.2.9.3-alpha. Reported by alecmuffett.
-rw-r--r--changes/bug215764
-rw-r--r--src/or/connection_edge.c12
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/changes/bug21576 b/changes/bug21576
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68d8471192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug21576
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ o Major bugfixes (crash, directory connections):
+ - Fix a rare crash when sending a begin cell on a circuit whose linked
+ directory connection has already been closed. Fixes bug 21576;
+ bugfix on Tor 0.2.9.3-alpha. Reported by alecmuffett.
diff --git a/src/or/connection_edge.c b/src/or/connection_edge.c
index 3550d0e212..f033d17adb 100644
--- a/src/or/connection_edge.c
+++ b/src/or/connection_edge.c
@@ -2437,10 +2437,16 @@ connection_ap_handshake_send_begin(entry_connection_t *ap_conn)
} else if (begin_type == RELAY_COMMAND_BEGIN_DIR) {
/* This connection is a begindir directory connection.
* Look at the linked directory connection to access the directory purpose.
- * (This must be non-NULL, because we're doing begindir.) */
- tor_assert(base_conn->linked);
+ * If a BEGINDIR connection is ever not linked, that's a bug. */
+ if (BUG(!base_conn->linked)) {
+ return -1;
+ }
connection_t *linked_dir_conn_base = base_conn->linked_conn;
- tor_assert(linked_dir_conn_base);
+ /* If the linked connection has been unlinked by other code, we can't send
+ * a begin cell on it. */
+ if (!linked_dir_conn_base) {
+ return -1;
+ }
/* Sensitive directory connections must have an anonymous path length.
* Otherwise, directory connections are typically one-hop.
* This matches the earlier check for directory connection path anonymity