[tor-bugs] #22794 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Don't open AF_INET/AF_INET6 sockets when AF_LOCAL is configured.

Thu Jan 18 03:47:08 UTC 2018

#22794: Don't open AF_INET/AF_INET6 sockets when AF_LOCAL is configured.
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 Reporter:  yawning                              |          Owner:
                                                 |  pospeselr
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  assigned
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-security, tbb-sandboxing,        |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201801                           |
Parent ID:  #20775                               |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by yawning):

 I looked at this a bit more writing an e-mail explaining the issue to
 pospeselr, and I strongly suspect that at least some of the behavior (the
 strace output) can be explained by this:

 https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-
 dev/blob/1d9f00cb8d2088fccb7a611a34be655b9fa9fec1/netwerk/socket/nsSOCKSIOLayer.cpp#L601

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