Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.10 v2] nbd-client: Fix regression when server sends garbage

[Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy]

15.08.2017 00:34, Eric Blake wrote:
> When we switched NBD to use coroutines for qemu 2.9 (in particular,
> commit a12a712a), we introduced a regression: if a server sends us
> garbage (such as a corrupted magic number), we quit the read loop
> but do not stop sending further queued commands, resulting in the
> client hanging when it never reads the response to those additional
> commands.  In qemu 2.8, we properly detected that the server is no
> longer reliable, and cancelled all existing pending commands with
> EIO, then tore down the socket so that all further command attempts
> get EPIPE.
>
> Restore the proper behavior of quitting (almost) all communication
> with a broken server: Once we know we are out of sync or otherwise
> can't trust the server, we must assume that any further incoming
> data is unreliable and therefore end all pending commands with EIO,
> and quit trying to send any further commands.  As an exception, we
> still (try to) send NBD_CMD_DISC to let the server know we are going
> away (in part, because it is easier to do that than to further
> refactor nbd_teardown_connection, and in part because it is the
> only command where we do not have to wait for a reply).
>
> Based on a patch by Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy.
>
> A malicious server can be created with the following hack,
> followed by setting NBD_SERVER_DEBUG to a non-zero value in the
> environment when running qemu-nbd:
>
> | --- a/nbd/server.c
> | +++ b/nbd/server.c
> | @@ -919,6 +919,17 @@ static int nbd_send_reply(QIOChannel *ioc, NBDReply 
> *reply, Error **errp)
> |      stl_be_p(buf + 4, reply->error);
> |      stq_be_p(buf + 8, reply->handle);
> |
> | +    static int debug;
> | +    static int count;
> | +    if (!count++) {
> | +        const char *str = getenv("NBD_SERVER_DEBUG");
> | +        if (str) {
> | +            debug = atoi(str);
> | +        }
> | +    }
> | +    if (debug && !(count % debug)) {
> | +        buf[0] = 0;
> | +    }
> |      return nbd_write(ioc, buf, sizeof(buf), errp);
> |  }
>
> Reported-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
> ---
>
> Supercedes both Vladimir and my earlier attempts:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg02131.html
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg01501.html
>
>   block/nbd-client.h |  1 +
>   block/nbd-client.c | 14 ++++++++++----
>   2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/nbd-client.h b/block/nbd-client.h
> index df80771357..1935ffbcaa 100644
> --- a/block/nbd-client.h
> +++ b/block/nbd-client.h
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ typedef struct NBDClientSession {
>
>       Coroutine *recv_coroutine[MAX_NBD_REQUESTS];
>       NBDReply reply;
> +    bool quit;
>   } NBDClientSession;
>
>   NBDClientSession *nbd_get_client_session(BlockDriverState *bs);
> diff --git a/block/nbd-client.c b/block/nbd-client.c
> index 25dd28406b..bb17e3da45 100644
> --- a/block/nbd-client.c
> +++ b/block/nbd-client.c
> @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static coroutine_fn void nbd_read_reply_entry(void *opaque)
>       int ret;
>       Error *local_err = NULL;
>
> -    for (;;) {
> +    while (!s->quit) {

looks like quit will never be true here

>           assert(s->reply.handle == 0);
>           ret = nbd_receive_reply(s->ioc, &s->reply, &local_err);
>           if (ret < 0) {
> @@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ static coroutine_fn void nbd_read_reply_entry(void *opaque)
>           qemu_coroutine_yield();
>       }
>
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        s->quit = true;

so, you set quit only here.. if we fail on some write, reading coroutine 
will not
know about it and will continue reading..

> +    }
>       nbd_recv_coroutines_enter_all(s);
>       s->read_reply_co = NULL;
>   }
> @@ -135,6 +138,10 @@ static int nbd_co_send_request(BlockDriverState *bs,
>       assert(i < MAX_NBD_REQUESTS);
>       request->handle = INDEX_TO_HANDLE(s, i);
>
> +    if (s->quit) {
> +        qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->send_mutex);
> +        return -EIO;
> +    }
>       if (!s->ioc) {
>           qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->send_mutex);
>           return -EPIPE;
> @@ -143,7 +150,7 @@ static int nbd_co_send_request(BlockDriverState *bs,
>       if (qiov) {
>           qio_channel_set_cork(s->ioc, true);
>           rc = nbd_send_request(s->ioc, request);
> -        if (rc >= 0) {
> +        if (rc >= 0 && !s->quit) {
>               ret = nbd_rwv(s->ioc, qiov->iov, qiov->niov, request->len, false,
>                             NULL);
>               if (ret != request->len) {
> @@ -168,8 +175,7 @@ static void nbd_co_receive_reply(NBDClientSession *s,
>       /* Wait until we're woken up by nbd_read_reply_entry.  */
>       qemu_coroutine_yield();
>       *reply = s->reply;
> -    if (reply->handle != request->handle ||
> -        !s->ioc) {
> +    if (reply->handle != request->handle || !s->ioc || s->quit) {
>           reply->error = EIO;
>       } else {
>           if (qiov && reply->error == 0) {


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Best regards,
Vladimir