commit 40602537493409bcf3c4eaeda7fbee6c6eb3f329
parent 711160a46f5fbba7106c23c29f99bed75928a5a7
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:57:54 -0400
Merge remote-tracking branch 'teor/bug21576_029_v2' into maint-0.2.9
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/changes/bug21576 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
@@ -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