[tor-commits] [tor/master] Avoid double-free on failure to dump_descriptor() a cached md

nickm at torproject.org nickm at torproject.org
Tue Dec 17 18:54:21 UTC 2013


commit 46b3b6208de3e5a5b87b4a33387d18343bc3c851
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date:   Tue Dec 17 13:12:52 2013 -0500

    Avoid double-free on failure to dump_descriptor() a cached md
    
    This is a fix for 10423, which was introducd in caa0d15c in 0.2.4.13-alpha.
    
    Spotted by bobnomnom.
---
 changes/bug10423   |    4 ++++
 src/or/microdesc.c |   33 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changes/bug10423 b/changes/bug10423
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..493b7b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug10423
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes:
+    - If we fail to dump a previously cached microdescriptor to disk, avoid
+      freeing duplicate data later on. Fix for bug 10423; bugfix on
+      0.2.4.13-alpha. Spotted by "bobnomnom".
diff --git a/src/or/microdesc.c b/src/or/microdesc.c
index 8b5581f..18d26c9 100644
--- a/src/or/microdesc.c
+++ b/src/or/microdesc.c
@@ -407,6 +407,26 @@ should_rebuild_md_cache(microdesc_cache_t *cache)
     return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Mark <b>md</b> as having no body, and release any storage previously held
+ * by its body.
+ */
+static void
+microdesc_wipe_body(microdesc_t *md)
+{
+  if (!md)
+    return;
+
+  if (md->saved_location != SAVED_IN_CACHE)
+    tor_free(md->body);
+
+  md->off = 0;
+  md->saved_location = SAVED_NOWHERE;
+  md->body = NULL;
+  md->bodylen = 0;
+  md->no_save = 1;
+}
+
 /** Regenerate the main cache file for <b>cache</b>, clear the journal file,
  * and update every microdesc_t in the cache with pointers to its new
  * location.  If <b>force</b> is true, do this unconditionally.  If
@@ -455,12 +475,7 @@ microdesc_cache_rebuild(microdesc_cache_t *cache, int force)
 
     size = dump_microdescriptor(fd, md, &annotation_len);
     if (size < 0) {
-      if (md->saved_location != SAVED_IN_CACHE)
-        tor_free(md->body);
-      md->saved_location = SAVED_NOWHERE;
-      md->off = 0;
-      md->bodylen = 0;
-      md->no_save = 1;
+      microdesc_wipe_body(md);
 
       /* rewind, in case it was a partial write. */
       tor_fd_setpos(fd, off);
@@ -497,11 +512,7 @@ microdesc_cache_rebuild(microdesc_cache_t *cache, int force)
     HT_FOREACH(mdp, microdesc_map, &cache->map) {
       microdesc_t *md = *mdp;
       if (md->saved_location == SAVED_IN_CACHE) {
-        md->off = 0;
-        md->saved_location = SAVED_NOWHERE;
-        md->body = NULL;
-        md->bodylen = 0;
-        md->no_save = 1;
+        microdesc_wipe_body(md);
       }
     }
     return -1;





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