An attack that continuously switches HTTP/2 connection between
idle and active states can result in excessive CPU usage.
This is because when a connection switches to the idle state,
all of its memory pool caches are freed.
This change limits the maximum allowed number of idle state
switches to 10 * http2_max_requests (i.e., 10000 by default).
This limits possible CPU usage in one connection, and also
imposes a limit on the maximum lifetime of a connection.
Initially reported by Gal Goldshtein from F5 Networks.
Fixed uncontrolled memory growth in case peer is flooding us with
some frames (e.g., SETTINGS and PING) and doesn't read data. Fix
is to limit the number of allocated control frames.
Previously there was no validation for the size of a 64-bit atom
in an mp4 file. This could lead to a CPU hog when the size is 0,
or various other problems due to integer underflow when calculating
atom data size, including segmentation fault or worker process
memory disclosure.
Size of a shared memory zones must be at least two pages - one page
for slab allocator internal data, and another page for actual allocations.
Using 8192 instead is wrong, as there are systems with page sizes other
than 4096.
Note well that two pages is usually too low as well. In particular, cache
is likely to use two allocations of different sizes for global structures,
and at least four pages will be needed to properly allocate cache nodes.
Except in a few very special cases, with keys zone of just two pages nginx
won't be able to start. Other uses of shared memory impose a limit
of 8 pages, which provides some room for global allocations. This patch
doesn't try to address this though.
Inspired by ticket #1665.
With maximum version explicitly set, TLSv1.3 will not be unexpectedly
enabled if nginx compiled with OpenSSL 1.1.0 (without TLSv1.3 support)
will be run with OpenSSL 1.1.1 (with TLSv1.3 support).
In e3ba4026c02d (1.15.4) nginx own renegotiation checks were disabled
if SSL_OP_NO_RENEGOTIATION is available. But since SSL_OP_NO_RENEGOTIATION
is only set on a connection, not in an SSL context, SSL_clear_option()
removed it as long as a matching virtual server was found. This resulted
in a segmentation fault similar to the one fixed in a6902a941279 (1.9.8),
affecting nginx built with OpenSSL 1.1.0h or higher.
To fix this, SSL_OP_NO_RENEGOTIATION is now explicitly set in
ngx_http_ssl_servername() after adjusting options. Additionally, instead
of c->ssl->renegotiation we now check c->ssl->handshaked, which seems
to be a more correct flag to test, and will prevent the segmentation fault
from happening even if SSL_OP_NO_RENEGOTIATION is not working.
The "no suitable signature algorithm" errors are reported by OpenSSL 1.1.1
when using TLSv1.3 if there are no shared signature algorithms. In
particular, this can happen if the client limits available signature
algorithms to something we don't have a certificate for, or to an empty
list. For example, the following command:
openssl s_client -connect 127.0.0.1:8443 -sigalgs rsa_pkcs1_sha1
will always result in the "no suitable signature algorithm" error
as the "rsa_pkcs1_sha1" algorithm refers solely to signatures which
appear in certificates and not defined for use in TLS 1.3 handshake
messages.
The SSL_R_NO_COMMON_SIGNATURE_ALGORITHMS error is what BoringSSL returns
in the same situation.
The "no suitable key share" errors are reported by OpenSSL 1.1.1 when
using TLSv1.3 if there are no shared groups (that is, elliptic curves).
In particular, it is easy enough to trigger by using only a single
curve in ssl_ecdh_curve:
ssl_ecdh_curve secp384r1;
and using a different curve in the client:
openssl s_client -connect 127.0.0.1:443 -curves prime256v1
On the client side it is seen as "sslv3 alert handshake failure",
"SSL alert number 40":
0:error:14094410:SSL routines:ssl3_read_bytes:sslv3 alert handshake failure:ssl/record/rec_layer_s3.c:1528:SSL alert number 40
It can be also triggered with default ssl_ecdh_curve by using a curve
which is not in the default list (X25519, prime256v1, X448, secp521r1,
secp384r1):
openssl s_client -connect 127.0.0.1:8443 -curves brainpoolP512r1
Given that many clients hardcode prime256v1, these errors might become
a common problem with TLSv1.3 if ssl_ecdh_curve is redefined. Previously
this resulted in not using ECDH with such clients, but with TLSv1.3 it
is no longer possible and will result in a handshake failure.
The SSL_R_NO_SHARED_GROUP error is what BoringSSL returns in the same
situation.
Seen at:
https://serverfault.com/questions/932102/nginx-ssl-handshake-error-no-suitable-key-share
Previously, configurations with typo, for example
fastcgi_cache_valid 200301 302 5m;
successfully pass configuration test. Adding check for status
codes > 599, and such configurations are now properly rejected.
The bgcolor attribute overrides compatibility settings in browsers
and leads to undesirable behavior when the default font color is set
to white in the browser, since font-color is not also overridden.
Following 7319:dcab86115261, as long as SSL_OP_NO_RENEGOTIATION is
defined, it is OpenSSL library responsibility to prevent renegotiation,
so the checks are meaningless.
Additionally, with TLSv1.3 OpenSSL tends to report SSL_CB_HANDSHAKE_START
at various unexpected moments - notably, on KeyUpdate messages and
when sending tickets. This change prevents unexpected connection
close on KeyUpdate messages and when finishing handshake with upcoming
early data changes.
Trying to look into r->err_status in the "return" directive
makes it behave differently than real errors generated in other
parts of the code, and is an endless source of various problems.
This behaviour was introduced in 726:7b71936d5299 (0.4.4) with
the comment "fix: "return" always overrode "error_page" response code".
It is not clear if there were any real cases this was expected to fix,
but there are several cases which are broken due to this change, some
previously fixed (4147:7f64de1cc2c0).
In ticket #1634, the problem is that when r->err_status is set to
a non-special status code, it is not possible to return a response
by simply returning r->err_status. If this is the case, the only
option is to return script's e->status instead. An example
configuration:
location / {
error_page 404 =200 /err502;
return 404;
}
location = /err502 {
return 502;
}
After the change, such a configuration will properly return
standard 502 error, much like it happens when a 502 error is
generated by proxy_pass.
This also fixes the following configuration to properly close
connection as clearly requested by "return 444":
location / {
error_page 404 /close;
return 404;
}
location = /close {
return 444;
}
Previously, this required "error_page 404 = /close;" to work
as intended.
Socket leak was observed in the following configuration:
error_page 400 = /close;
location = /close {
return 444;
}
The problem is that "return 444" triggers termination of the request,
and due to error_page termination thinks that it needs to use a posted
request to clear stack. But at the early request processing where 400
errors are generated there are no ngx_http_run_posted_requests() calls,
so the request is only terminated after an external event.
Variants of the problem include "error_page 497" instead (ticket #695)
and various other errors generated during early request processing
(405, 414, 421, 494, 495, 496, 501, 505).
The same problem can be also triggered with "return 499" and "return 408"
as both codes trigger ngx_http_terminate_request(), much like "return 444".
To fix this, the patch adds ngx_http_run_posted_requests() calls to
ngx_http_process_request_line() and ngx_http_process_request_headers()
functions, and to ngx_http_v2_run_request() and ngx_http_v2_push_stream()
functions in HTTP/2.
Since the ngx_http_process_request() function is now only called via
other functions which call ngx_http_run_posted_requests(), the call
there is no longer needed and was removed.
It is possible that after SSL_read() will return SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE,
further calls will return SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ without reading any
application data. We have to call ngx_handle_write_event() and
switch back to normal write handling much like we do if there are some
application data, or the write there will be reported again and again.
Similarly, we have to switch back to normal read handling if there
is saved read handler and SSL_write() returns SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE.
While SSL_read() most likely to return SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE (and SSL_write()
accordingly SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ) during an SSL renegotiation, it is
not necessary mean that a renegotiation was started. In particular,
it can never happen during a renegotiation or can happen multiple times
during a renegotiation.
Because of the above, misleading "peer started SSL renegotiation" info
messages were replaced with "SSL_read: want write" and "SSL_write: want read"
debug ones.
Additionally, "SSL write handler" and "SSL read handler" are now logged
by the SSL write and read handlers, to make it easier to understand that
temporary SSL handlers are called instead of normal handlers.
The "do { c->recv() } while (c->read->ready)" form used in the
ngx_http_lingering_close_handler() is not really correct, as for
example with SSL c->read->ready may be still set when returning NGX_AGAIN
due to SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE. Therefore the above might be an infinite loop.
This doesn't really matter in lingering close, as we shutdown write side
of the socket anyway and also disable renegotiation (and even without shutdown
and with renegotiation it requires using very large certificate chain and
tuning socket buffers to trigger SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE). But for the sake of
correctness added an NGX_AGAIN check.
If sending request body was not completed (u->request_body_sent is not set),
the upstream keepalive module won't save such a connection. However, it
is theoretically possible (though highly unlikely) that sending of some
control frames can be blocked after the request body was sent. The
ctx->output_blocked flag introduced to disable keepalive in such cases.
The code is now able to parse additional control frames after
the response is received, and can send control frames as well.
This fixes keepalive problems as observed with grpc-c, which can
send window update and ping frames after the response, see
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2018-August/056620.html.
Previously the preread phase code ignored NGX_AGAIN value returned from
c->recv() and relied only on c->read->ready. But this flag is not reliable and
should only be checked for optimization purposes. For example, when using
SSL, c->read->ready may be set when no input is available. This can lead to
calling preread handler infinitely in a loop.
The problem does not manifest itself currently, because in case of
non-buffered reading, chain link created by u->create_request method
consists of a single element.
Found by PVS-Studio.
The directive configures maximum number of requests allowed on
a connection kept in the cache. Once a connection reaches the number
of requests configured, it is no longer saved to the cache.
The default is 100.
Much like keepalive_requests for client connections, this is mostly
a safeguard to make sure connections are closed periodically and the
memory allocated from the connection pool is freed.
The directive configures maximum time a connection can be kept in the
cache. By configuring a time which is smaller than the corresponding
timeout on the backend side one can avoid the race between closing
a connection by the backend and nginx trying to use the same connection
to send a request at the same time.
LibreSSL 2.8.0 "added const annotations to many existing APIs from OpenSSL,
making interoperability easier for downstream applications". This includes
the const change in the SSL_CTX_sess_set_get_cb() callback function (see
9dd43f4ef67e), which breaks compilation.
To fix this, added a condition on how we redefine OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER
when working with LibreSSL (see 382fc7069e3a). With LibreSSL 2.8.0,
we now set OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER to 0x1010000fL (OpenSSL 1.1.0), so the
appropriate conditions in the code will use "const" as it happens with
OpenSSL 1.1.0 and later versions.
There are clients which cannot handle HPACK's dynamic table size updates
as added in 12cadc4669a7 (1.13.6). Notably, old versions of OkHttp library
are known to fail on it (ticket #1397).
This change makes it possible to work with such clients by only sending
dynamic table size updates in response to SETTINGS_HEADER_TABLE_SIZE. As
a downside, clients which do not use SETTINGS_HEADER_TABLE_SIZE will
continue to maintain default 4k table.
Previously, a chunk of spaces larger than NGX_CONF_BUFFER (4096 bytes)
resulted in the "too long parameter" error during parsing such a
configuration. This was because the code only set start and start_line
on non-whitespace characters, and hence adjacent whitespace characters
were preserved when reading additional data from the configuration file.
Fix is to always move start and start_line if the last character was
a space.
